PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Local Government: Contracts (21 November 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2023 to Question 1396 on Local Government: Standards, which local authorities were identified as potentially in need of a review under the tender for the provision of external assurance reviews of local authorities, reference 2022/S 000-024515, published on 1 September 2022.

Asked by:
Angela Rayner (Labour)

As the answer to Question UIN1396 set out, the contract referenced provides for the provision of external assurance reviews of local authorities in support of DLUHC's role as steward of the local government sector and Local Government Accountability Framework.

The referenced number of reviews, a minimum of six and maximum of 32, as per the referenced document CPD4124050 was an anticipated requirement given the demand led nature of the work.

The contract award notice is published here. Spend against the contract is published here as part of normal Departmental transparency requirements.

The Government has been transparent about the outcome of reviews and, for example, published previous reviews linked to requests for Exceptional Financial Support on Gov.uk.

Answered by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
27 November 2023