Written Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities·UIN 195310

Local Government: Liability

Tabled: 20 July 2023

Answered: 8 September 2023

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new duty of care and statutory obligation for people employed in a local authority to cover inc

Answer

Local authorities have broad independence to organise their approach in the most appropriate way to serve their local communities and it would be for them, as independent employers, to make decisions on introducing new duties of care. However, although lo...

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