Written Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities·UIN 183131
Local Government: Staff
Tabled: 27 April 2023
Answered: 3 May 2023
Named DayQuestion
Rachael Maskell
Labour (Co-op) — York Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides training on good governance and practice to local authority (a) officers and (b) senior officers.
Answer
In 2022/23, the department funded governance training for councils via the Local Government Association (LGA).
The LGA provides bespoke support to councils by networks of LGA regional advisers and the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny. The full sector improvement programme can be found on the LGA website.