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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has reviewed records held by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority of meetings between the Mayor of Greater Manchester, mayoral advisers, and senior officers connected to Abu Dhabi investment interests that subsequently received loans, land transactions and other forms of public financial support from public bodies in Greater Manchester.

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is responsible for its own decisions and for the records it holds, and is subject to local checks and balances, such as independent external audit and through its overview and scrutiny and audit committees. Each strategic authority must also publish a Local Assurance Framework that sets out how it secures value for money and manages conflicts of interest in its funding decisions. Responsibility for decisions taken, and records held, during a previous mayoral term remains with the authority.