Local government governance and accountability inquiry

Inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee, 15 March 2019 to 15 March 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 97th Report - Local government governance and accountability (15 May 2019)
• Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Ninety-Third to the Ninety-Fourth and Ninety-Sixth to the Ninety-Eighth reports from Session 2017-19 (24 July 2019)

Evidence sessions

• 27 March 2019: Jacqui McKinlay, Chief Executive, Centre for Public Scrutiny, Lord Gary Porter, Chairman of the Local Government Association, Rob Whiteman, CEO, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, and Sharon Taylor, Leader, Stevenage Borough Council ; Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Dr Jo Farrar, Director General, Local Government and Public Services, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Alex Skinner, Director, Local Government Finance, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at 3.30pm).