Question follow-through · 35578

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recommendations of the National Audit Office's report entitled Local Government Financial Sustainab

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recommendations of the National Audit Office's report entitled Local Government Financial Sustainab

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The government recognises many of the themes identified by the National Audit Office in their recently published report entitled Local Government Financial Sustainability.I refer the hon. Member to the written statement made by my rt. hon. Friend the Memb...

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