Local Government: Devolution
Commons · Question 29743 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Coghlan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what checks and balances there will be on directly-elected Mayors when strategic authorities
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 12 Feb 2025
There is an existing system of accountability and scrutiny arrangements for Mayoral Combined Authorities and Mayoral Combined County Authorities to ensure that public spending is achieving value for money.The government is committed to strengthening the a...