Liverpool City Council: Standards

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities written question – answered am ar 14 Ebrill 2023.

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Photo of Lord Storey Lord Storey Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Education)

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total financial cost to date of the Commissioners sent to Liverpool.

Photo of Lord Storey Lord Storey Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Education)

To ask His Majesty's Government what other costs (i.e. travel, hotel costs etc.) have been incurred to date by the Commissioners sent to Liverpool.

Photo of Baroness Scott of Bybrook Baroness Scott of Bybrook Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

On 8 November 2022, my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities updated the House on the additional appointment of a finance Commissioner and the expansion of the intervention in Liverpool City Council to cover finance, governance, and recruitment, along with updated Directions of the intervention. Following on from the answer of Lord Greenhalgh, on 5 April 2022, the Commissioners' pay arrangements were set out in paragraph 45 of the updated Explanatory Memorandum to the Directions made under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999. The Directions provide that the Commissioners' reasonable expenses and such fees as the Secretary of State determines are to be paid to them by the Authority.

A full breakdown of the Commissioners' invoiced fees and expenses are published periodically on Liverpool City Council's website.

updated Explanatory Memorandum to the Directions (pdf, 191.4KB)

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