Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 122113

Local Audit Office

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Finance Statement made on 23 February 2026, what the estimated annual operating cost of the proposed Local Audit Office will be; how it wil

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Local Audit Office will take on a remit and powers currently fragmented across the existing system with its statutory objectives and functions detailed in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. We will confirm the estimated cost and fu...

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