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Written question asked by Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 8 September 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 September 2025. It was answered by Alison McGovern (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 September 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.


Councillors: Data Protection

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16542 on Councillors: Data Protection, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to remove the requirement for local government members’ home addresses to be included in published versions of registers of interests.

Answer

Removing the requirement for local government member home addresses to be published requires primary legislation. We intend to legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
75866
Session
2024-26
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Link
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