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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the requirement to provide support to civic events marking the coronation of His Majesty the King on 6 May 2023 on the capacity of local government officials and returning officers to carry out elections to both parish councils and other tiers of local government on 4 May 2023 and election counts on 5 and 6 May 2023; and if he will take steps to provide additional support to councils to carry out those elections.

We understand that communities across the country will want to join in celebrating the Coronation of His Majesty the King on 6 May 2023 and that local authorities and their staff will, as ever, have a critical role in facilitating those celebrations. We are considering across Government any potential impacts on public service delivery, and this of course includes the delivery of scheduled local elections.