Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) North Yorkshire County Council and (b) City of York Council on devolution since the signing of the York and North Yorkshire devolution deal on 1 August 2022.

Whilst neither my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State nor I have yet had an opportunity for direct discussions with the representatives of North Yorkshire County Council or the City of York Council about their ambitious devolution deal, we welcome the steps those councils are taking to implement the deal and look forward to working with them on this.