Question follow-through · 101684
Local Government Finance: Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking following the publication of BDO’s audit report of Woking Borough Council’s accounts from 2019/20 to 2022/23, published on 8 December 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking following the publication of BDO’s audit report of Woking Borough Council’s accounts from 2019/20 to 2022/23, published on 8 December 2025.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
Commissioners were appointed to Woking Borough Council in 2023 following historic commercial mismanagement and major governance failures. While Woking continues to undergo an extensive change programme to support the improvement of its financial position,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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