Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 115423

Combined Authorities

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that funding allocated to mayoral combined authorities is delivering value for money; how often such authorities are subject to i

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
Mayoral Strategic Authorities are expected to follow the existing principles and processes described in the English Devolution Accountability Framework and Scrutiny Protocol, which sets out how Mayors will be held to account by central government, at loca...

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