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	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the correspondence by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety to local authority Chief Executives on local audits in England, dated 18 July 2023, whether he intends to produce guidance for councils on reducing the backlog of local authority audits.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	199170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to engage across the local audit sector, including local authorities. Further details which will be issued in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 20/09/2023 12:20:30 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1606572

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the threshold made under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 below which smaller authorities are exempt from routine external audit and are instead subject to the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
	uin	HL6765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has committed to review the threshold for audit requirements relating to smaller authorities as part of the Redmond Review and is considering these requirements within the context of its broader programme of work on local audit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 29/03/2023 15:20:32 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

1551934

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve audit procedures for local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL4315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to delivering on our response to the Redmond Review. More details can be found (attached) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-financial-reporting-and-external-audit-government-response-to-the-redmond-review" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 22/12/2022 12:46:20 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL4315 - Local authority financial reporting and external audit_ government response to the Redmond review - GOV.UK.pdf title Government responses to the Redmond review
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1535360

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which local authorities have not met the deadline for completion of their audits for 2020-2021.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	69898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities' websites show whether statement of accounts have been audited.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/11/2022 10:58:48 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1535361

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has in place to support local authorities in meeting the audit deadline of 30 November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	69899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>We have provided £15 million in additional taxpayer subsidy for 2021/22 to support local authorities with the costs of strengthening their financial reporting. The Government is also continuing to deliver on the commitments it made in its response to the Redmond Review.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 07/11/2022 16:22:26 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1309216

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Liverpool City Council: Best Value inspection report, published on 24 March, what plans they have to strengthen the audit arrangements in place for local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL14944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Government is committed to strengthening the local audit system so that taxpayers and service users are better able to hold councils to account. Our response to the Redmond review, published on 17 December, set out how the Department, in partnership with key organisations, will act to strengthen and support the local audit market.</p><p>Action we are taking includes, subject to consultation, enabling audit firms, councils and Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) to agree fees that more closely match the actual costs of audit, and working with key stakeholders to review the entry requirements for Key Audit Partners and how best to improve auditor training, to strike an appropriate balance between ensuring audit quality and market sustainability.</p><p>We have also temporarily extended the deadline for the publication of auditor opinions on local authorities’ accounts, and are providing £15 million to support affected local authorities to both meet the growing cost pressures in the audit market and deliver Sir Tony’s recommendations, to be distributed later in the spring.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 26/04/2021 13:10:46 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1301597

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to establish a regulatory framework for the audits of local authorities; and whether any such plans would include the appointment of a regulator to assess and advise on such audit reports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	uin	HL14110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the Redmond Review of local authority financial reporting and external audit on 17 December 2020. The current regulatory framework for local audit was one of the matters considered by the review. We are giving close consideration to Sir Tony Redmond’s finding that the local audit framework is too fragmented and are committed to exploring the full range of options as to how the recommendations relating to system leadership can best be achieved and will update on this further later in the Spring.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 22/03/2021 11:58:23 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

1271563

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what, if any, conditions they have in place to require local councils to have completed audits of their accounts in order to receive central government funding; and what assessment they have made of whether Liverpool City Council is compliant with any such conditions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL11499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not require local authorities to complete audits of their accounts in order to receive central government funding. However, there may be other conditions attached to individual grants to ensure the funding is used for its intended purpose.</p><p>The Accounts and Audit regulations 2015 (SI 234/2015) require councils to submit their draft accounts for public inspection within certain deadlines and, once the public inspection period is completed to approve them. The regulations also require the final accounts to be published (currently by 30 November 2020) once signed off by the auditor as complete. If the authority is unable to publish the completed accounts within the specified deadline they are required to post a notice saying why they are not being published. <br> <br>To help address the rising number of delayed audits and other concerns with the local audit framework, we commissioned Sir Tony Redmond to review arrangements supporting the effectiveness and quality of local authority financial reporting and external audit within the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Sir Tony published the outcome of his Review on 8 September and I am pleased to report that we responded, accepting the majority of his recommendations on 17 December. The report can be accessed at the following (attached) link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-authority-financial-reporting-and-external-audit-government-response-to-the-redmond-review&amp;data=04%7C01%7CElsa.Esberger%40communities.gov.uk%7C697ddbd00aa545c94d7f08d8a5aa08bf%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637441496987923578%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=sAKO40m8F%2BJKySb5mJF6DIjaHvI4vFQ0F1e8jsd8mMo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-financial-reporting-and-external-audit-government-response-to-the-redmond-review</a></p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 23/12/2020 14:34:45 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh attachment 1 file name 201223 Local authority financial reporting and external audit_ government response to the independent review - HL11499.pdf title Government response to the redmond review
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1251321

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the audit process is to ensure that funds to support local authorities to provide for the most deprived people in their communities are received by those people.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	115035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Grants to local authorities will be made under section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 and will be subject to conditions and reporting requirements to ensure that the primary focus of the scheme is on supporting vulnerable families with children and other vulnerable people. Detailed guidance is being developed in consultation with local authorities and will be published shortly on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/11/2020 17:45:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1132005

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the failure of EY to complete local authority audits within the required time limits.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	264322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of this issue, affecting 19 local government bodies and, together with Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd, are monitoring the situation. It is not acceptable for a professional services firm like EY to be unable to meet its contractual obligations to the statutory timetable and we expect the situation to be resolved as quickly as possible.</p><p>The forthcoming review of the local audit regime will consider the implications of our audit policy, including the timeliness of audit completion.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/06/2019 13:27:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts