Local Government: Audit
Commons · Question 29153 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Alex Sobel
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reinstating mandatory independent external audits of local authorities.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 16 Sep 2026
Independent external audits of local authorities are mandatory. Under Section 4 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, all ‘relevant authorities’ must have their accounts externally audited. All local authorities in England are relevant authoriti...