Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221426, what mechanisms will be put in place to enable the public to hold the city-region Mayor to account other than at election time; and whether he plans to consult the public about those arrangements.

In addition to the primary accountability of the Elected Mayor to the people of Greater Manchester through the ballot box, the Mayor, as all elected mayors, will be subject to scrutiny by elected members of Greater Manchester, scrutiny meetings being open to the public, to whom this Government has given the right to film, blog, tweet or use any other type of social media. The Mayor will also be subject to the provisions of the local government Transparency Code.