Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 57947
Local Government: Audit
Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 12 June 2025
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the risks of historic local authority accounts that auditors disclaim and have not fully checked.
Answer
Jim McMahonThis government has implemented a number of measures to improve auditing arrangements for local bodies, including the introduction of statutory backstop dates for the publication of audited accounts. Two of these dates have now passed. As a result, the va...
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