Written questions

Local Government: Audit

2026-06-22 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 12422 · Official question

Dr Ellie Chowns

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what progress has been made in increasing local audit market supply since his department published its paper on 'Local audit reform: A strategy for overhauling the local audit sys

Answer

Since publication of the local audit strategy, Public Sector Audit Appointments has secured two-year contract extensions with firms. This has helped to stabilise local audit market supply while the Government implements wider reforms to strengthen market ...