Question follow-through · 27374

Local Government: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on ensuring that staff training does not promote (a) inaccurate or (b) misleading information.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
8 Sept 2026
Answer
14 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on ensuring that staff training does not promote (a) inaccurate or (b) misleading information.

  2. 8 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The department does not hold this informationand has not made any assessment. Local authorities are independent employers responsible for the management and organisation of their own workforces, including training.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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