A question on #LocalGovernment #Audit tabled by Kevin Hollinrake on 22-01-2025 has been answered by Jim McMahon.

Heading: Local Government: Audit
Question ID: 1757727
UIN: 25689
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-22
Asking Member ID: 4474
Asking Member display name: Kevin Hollinrake
Asking Member handle: kevinhollinrake
Asking Member Twitter reference: @kevinhollinrake
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, published on 18 December 2024, whether she plans create the Local Audit Office as (
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Date answered: 2025-01-30
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Answering Member ID: 4569
Answering Member display name: Jim McMahon
Answering Member handle: JimfromOldham
Answering Member Twitter reference: @JimfromOldham
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Answer text: The government’s local audit strategy committed to establish the Local Audit Office (LAO) to streamline and simplify the audit system and drive change.The LAO will be a statutory and independent arm’s-length body of MHCLG, adopting functions currently fra...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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