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1715538

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date	02/05/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2023 to Question 1227 on Local Government Finance: Audit, how many new professionals have qualified to audit local authority accounts from the Chartered Institute of Public Accountancy; and how that figure compares with expectations for 2024.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Local Audit Qualification was launched by the Chartered Institute of Public Accountancy. The department does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 08/05/2024 14:17:22 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715356

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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, how many councils had a completed audit on time for the financial year 2023-2024.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The deadline for councils in England to publish audited accounts for financial year 2023/24 has not yet passed.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 07/05/2024 16:02:43 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1713310

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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 assessment they have made of the current backlog in local authority audits; and what plans they have to deliver all outstanding audit opinions by their proposed deadline of 30 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
uin	HL4051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the significant backlog of local audits in England is unacceptable. It is taking action to deal with this backlog and put the system on a sustainable footing. On 8 February DLUHC, with local audit system organisations, issued a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Faddressing-the-local-audit-backlog-in-england-consultation%2Flocal-audit-delays-joint-statement-on-update-to-proposals-to-clear-the-backlog-and-embed-timely-audit&amp;data=05|02|Will.Noble%40levellingup.gov.uk|5e3ccd18914a4b14340508dc6503a3e2|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638496313516218439|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D|0|||&amp;sdata=QU9K5l1Eb1y2kxws975R%2FMRmhu8zGHFjSWy8j%2BRMxRo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Joint Statement</a> setting out a clear package of measures to meet these challenges, alongside the launch of DLUHC and National Audit Office consultations.</p><p>We proposed a statutory backstop date of 30 September 2024 for the publication of audited accounts for all years up to and including 2022/23. This will enable local authorities and firms to focus on the most recent accounts as quickly as possible. Five years of further backstop dates would allow assurance to be gradually rebuilt. The Government also recognises that important questions concerning systemic challenges must be addressed.</p><p>The Government is carefully reviewing consultation responses and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 01/05/2024 13:18:00 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Local audit delays_ Joint statement on update to proposals to clear the backlog and embed timely audit.pdf title Joint Statement
tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

1683132

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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, how many best value inspections have been carried out in each year since 2010; and how many minded to notices have been issued in that period.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	10217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The following table has been drawn from publicly available data. Officials have taken “minded to notices” to mean seeking representations on using best value powers from the Local Government Act 1999 to issue directions to a council that the Secretary of State considers is failing its duty of best value. Note that the table includes extensions and reductions to existing notices as well as new interventions and therefore there is some ‘double counting’.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Best Value Inspection</p></td><td><p>Sought representations on intervening using Best Value powers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/01/2024 15:39:42 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon