Local Government: Standards
2026-06-14 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · HL978 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what specific financial, auditing, or governance thresholds trigger an escalation from a non-statutory Best Value Notice to a full statutory intervention under section 15 of the Local Government Act 1999, particularly in re
Answer
The statutory guidance on Best Value Standards and Intervention sets out the different forms of intervention and indicators of failure which inform a best value assessment. There are no powers within a Best Value Notice, as it is a non-statutory tool desi...