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Local Audit Office

Commons · Question 122113 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 24 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Finance Statement made on 23 February 2026, what the estimated annual operating cost of the proposed Local Audit Office will be; how it wil

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 24 Mar 2026

The Local Audit Office will take on a remit and powers currently fragmented across the existing system with its statutory objectives and functions detailed in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. We will confirm the estimated cost and fu...