Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Conclusion 11
Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities
Published 1 Feb 2024
Paragraph 76
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Financial distress in local authorities All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
We agree with the Government that comprehensive reform of the children’s social care system is urgent and necessary. We are concerned, however, at the receding prospect of timely delivery of reforms and note that, despite the additional funding that the Government announced in autumn 2022, the Government’s plans do not provide sufficient short-term financial support to local authorities to enable them to maintain the quality of services that vulnerable people need and deserve. As the CMA has noted, there is a need to ensure profits made by private sector firms from public sector services are not “materially higher than” expected, and are appropriate and fair to the services provided.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Third Report - Financial distress in local authorities (HC 56), paragraph 76, 1 February 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 March 2024 (deadline 1 April 2024).