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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the age profile of local government officers eligible for redundancy following the implementation of local government reform (a) in Cambridgeshire and (b) nationally.

Councils, as employers, are responsible for managing the staffing implications of Local Government Reorganisation.

In our invitations to councils, we asked areas to set out in their proposals how they will seek to manage transition costs, which we expect to include any staffing implications.

We anticipate that the vast majority of council workers will transfer to new organisations, and workers will be protected by the relevant employment laws, including the Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Staffing) Regulations 2008.