Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What steps he is taking to help reduce financial pressures on local authority budgets.”
Tabled: 10 May 2022Answered: 16 May 2022
Asked by
Dan Carden
Labour — Liverpool Walton
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
Jake Richards
The hon. Member is right to raise this and has done so consistently. I meet justice counterparts from the devolved Governments regularly, and I will ensure that this issue is high on the agenda for our next meeting, because it is very important. There is a lot of good work happening in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. We need to ensure that it is joined up, to address that particular mischief, which is incredibly serious.