Question follow-through · 29153
Local Government: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reinstating mandatory independent external audits of local authorities.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reinstating mandatory independent external audits of local authorities.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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16 Sept 2026
Answer published
Independent external audits of local authorities are mandatory. Under Section 4 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, all ‘relevant authorities’ must have their accounts externally audited. All local authorities in England are relevant authoriti...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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