questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on establishing (a) shadow unitary councils and (b) preparing councils when undertaking local government restructuring.
answerText: My officials are in regular contact with councils to support them to undertake preparatory work to ensure readiness for any transition to new authorities.Once a decision is taken on which proposals, if any, to implement, the Structural Changes Order will ...
heading: Local Government: Reorganisation