Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how local government restructuring scores on public (a) spending and (b) borrowing.

Any changes to local government spending as a result of local government reorganisation will be reflected in the OBR forecast via estimates of local authority self-financed expenditure, with associated impacts on overall fiscal metrics, including public sector net borrowing (PSNB). Any central government funding for restructuring would be allocated within departmental budgets in the usual way.