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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned local government reorganisation on York's ability to recover from the covid-19 outbreak.

In response to the challenges faced across the country as a result of the pandemic and the need to level up opportunity, prosperity, and wellbeing, we are considering a range of options and will set out our transformative plans in the Local Recovery and Devolution White Paper that will be published this Autumn.