Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to improve the training offered to (a) leaders of local authorities and (b) local authority cabinet members; and if he will make a statement.

Through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government grant funding, the Local Government Association (LGA) provides a broad range of support to the local government sector, including LGA Local Leadership Academy programme, through to one-to-one mentoring for Lead and Cabinet members by other member peers. The Centre for Public Scrutiny also provides direct support to members on overview and scrutiny to individual authorities.