Trading Standards: Local Government
Commons · Question 35569 · Tabled 4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Charlie Maynard
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current level of resources for local trading standards services based within local authorities in Great Britain.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 14 Mar 2025
Local authorities are independent of central government and are responsible for managing their own services and financial positions.The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a...