Resource Type: Template

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Since the summer of 2025 Surrey District & Borough Councils, with support from Local Partnerships, have completed an extensive data gathering and analysis exercise in support of their LGR process. This work has included, among others, the establishment of a Project Management Organisation to facilitate the data gathering exercise, a standardised process for the collection, review and analysis of data and the development of Requests for Information (RFI’s) in support of that process.

Based on this work, in support of the wider sector, the Data & Analytics team of Local Partnerships has developed an initial sub-section of the RFI’s into a set of generic templates that councils can use for collecting consistent and comparable data required for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), alongside an RFI tracker document to help manage the project management of the data workflow. The aim of the RFI templates is to help:

• Build a robust, evidence-based baseline to support planning for service transition and, subsequently, service transformation
• Identify opportunities, risks, and integration challenges early
• Reduce duplication, improve data quality and ensure data is collected once