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1715538

registered interest
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

1659774

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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, how many and what proportion of local authorities (a) failed to meet the deadline of 30 September 2022 and (b) were still due to provide audited accounts for financial year 2021-22 as of 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	198914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The challenges facing local audit are complex and require action from organisations across the system. We have worked with key partners to implement the majority of Redmond's recommendations.</p><p>We are continuing to deliver reform in this area, including developing the proposals set out in the cross-system statement on local audit delays published in July, and are working with the FRC as it prepares to take on its new role as system leader for local audit.</p><p>Local authorities' websites show whether statement of accounts have been audited.</p><p>More generally, as you know, the Government is establishing the Office for Local Government (Oflog) so as to improve the accountability for performance across the local government sector, including overspending. Lord Amyas Morse, former Comptroller &amp; Auditor General of the NAO, has been announced as Oflog’s interim Chair.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 198913 question first answered 20/09/2023 16:25:06 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

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