Written question asked by Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 December 2024. It was answered by Jim McMahon (Labour) on Friday, 20 December 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

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Local Government: Lobbying

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the policy set out in the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Protecting Public Money of 23 February 2015, HCWS292, on the payment of lobbyists by local authorities remains her Department’s policy; and if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities do not pay lobbyists for work on (a) local government restructuring, (b) the local government finance settlement and spending review and (c) devolution deals.