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Basildon Council: Best Value

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Best Value Notice issued to Basildon Borough Council on 15 July 2026, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the external assurance re

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 16 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2026
Answer: 8 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Best Value Notice issued to Basildon Borough Council on 15 July 2026, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the external assurance re
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The non-statutory external assurance review of Basildon Borough Council will be funded from existing departmental budgets, and the cost is in line with standard rates.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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