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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 86231 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what his Department’s policy is on engaging with lobbying firms hired by local authorities to make representations on local government restructuring.

The Government and the Department policy is that any contact between civil servants and lobbyists should be conducted in accordance with the Civil Service Code and the principles of public life set out by the Nolan Committee.