Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2018 to Question 125191, where that information on the amounts being charged for the on-going provision of services is published.

The overriding principle is that the official receiver and his special managers cannot provide services without ensuring that the cost of delivering those services is adequately covered.

Local authorities are independent bodies, elected by and accountable to local communities. It is the responsibility of individual authorities to publish details of all spend above £500 under the transparency code.

We have, however, been working through the Local Government Association to understand whether affected local authorities in England have robust contingency plans in place to manage the impacts of Carillion failing.