Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117290

Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

Tabled: 3 March 2026

Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the governance arrangements between Tees Valley Combined Authority and South Tees Development Corporation, under the Best Value Not

Answer

Alison McGovern

Governance and finance arrangements are considered as part of the Department’s holistic assessment of a local authority’s delivery of Best Value, as set out in the statutory guidance on Best Value standards and intervention. We set out clearly that the Be...

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