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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-05-10more like thismore than 2018-05-10
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 remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,whether his Department encourages the use of local authority reserves to pay for the delivery of local services. more like this
tabling member constituency Denton and Reddish more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Gwynne more like this
uin 142796 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-05-17more like thismore than 2018-05-17
answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for managing their budgets in line with local priorities. They are free to determine the level of reserves they hold and are accountable to their electorate for the decisions they make.</p><p>Many local authorities have built up substantial reserves over recent years. It is right that they use them where necessary to protect high quality services for taxpayers.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) more like this
answering member printed Rishi Sunak more like this
grouped question UIN 142795 more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-05-17T14:22:30.83Zmore like thismore than 2018-05-17T14:22:30.83Z
answering member
4483
label Biography information for Rishi Sunak more like this
tabling member
1506
label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne more like this