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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-07more like thismore than 2018-02-07
answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept id 7 more like this
answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
hansard heading Local Government Finance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the section 114 notice brought in by Northamptonshire County Council, what assessment he has made of whether other local authorities face similar financial risks in (a) the 2017-18 financial year and (b) 2018-19. more like this
tabling member constituency Sheffield South East more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Clive Betts more like this
uin 127321 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-20more like thismore than 2018-02-20
answer text <p>Local authorities are independent of central government, and circumstances within an individual authority can change. Every statutory finance officer within each council must make their own determination whether to act to restrain unaffordable spending if they deem the situation requires it.</p><p>However, the Department constantly reviews the challenges facing the sector and individual authorities. In our discussions with councils during the consultation on the provisional finance settlement no authorities have raised concerns of this kind.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) more like this
answering member printed Rishi Sunak more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-20T11:39:52.263Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-20T11:39:52.263Z
answering member
4483
label Biography information for Rishi Sunak more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts remove filter