Written question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 13 March 2009. It was answered by Sadiq Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 on behalf of the Audit Commission.

Councillors: Arun

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 19 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1072-3W, on councillors: Arun, whether the Audit Commission plans to conduct similar exercises in other local authorities in the next 12 months.

Answer: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the Chief Executive of the Audit Commission to write to the hon. Member direct.Letter from Steve Bundred, dated 17 March 2009:"Your Parliamentary question on whether the Audit Commission plans to conduct in other local authorities in the next 12 months, exercises similar to that conducted in Arun in connection with the Commission's National Fraud Initiative (NFI), has been passed to me for reply.""The Commission does not plan to conduct NFI national data matching exercises in other local authorities in the next 12 months because the NFI is currently undertaken every two years. This exercise is carried out under powers in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act 1998. All local authorities were required to provide data, including payroll data, for NFI 2008/09 in October 2008. The next scheduled exercise, NFI 2010/11, will require all local authorities to submit data in October 2010.""A copy of this letter will be placed in Hansard."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 489 c1101W;489 c1103W; 263828
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Councillors
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Councillors Arun
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