Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to establish (a) devolution and (b) an elected mayor in North Yorkshire.
The York and North Yorkshire devolution deal was agreed on 1 August 2022; details of the deal can be found at the following link. The draft York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 was laid in Parliament on 7 November; this, together with the Explanatory Memorandum, can be found at the following link.