English devolution: Area factsheets
A summary of facts, functions and distinctive arrangements for areas benefitting from English devolution.
Applies to England
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The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will deliver on the government’s commitment to widen and deepen devolution across England, providing Mayors with unprecedented powers to deliver growth.
The area factsheets provide information on areas benefitting from English devolution, including electoral terms, route to established status, police and fire functions, distinctive governance arrangements and local government reorganisation (where applicable).
Government’s intention is that there will be a standard set of powers for Strategic Authorities with standardised governance arrangements in most cases. However, some existing Authorities will retain functions they already hold even if these are not being extended to places in future via the Devolution Framework. Similarly, there will remain exceptional cases where bespoke governance arrangements will continue to be needed. The ‘Future Distinctive Governance Arrangements’ sections of the area factsheets will identify where this applies.