Question follow-through · 8659
Councillors: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities maintain an (a) independent and (b) impartial process for handling complaints made against councillors.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities maintain an (a) independent and (b) impartial process for handling complaints made against councillors.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jun 2026
Answer published
Current legislation requires local authorities to make arrangements to investigate allegations of breaching codes of conduct. These must include the involvement of an appointed independent person. The local authority is required to seek the views of this ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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