Local Government: Bankruptcy

(asked on 4th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of councils at risk of issuing Section 114 notices between 4 December 2023 and the Final Local Government Finance Settlement in February 2024.


Answered by
Simon Hoare Portrait
Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 7th December 2023

As the Secretary of State explained before the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee on Wednesday 6 December, the Government monitors the financial health of local authorities on a regular basis using a wide range of data as well as through extensive direct engagement with councils.

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