Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place to verify that local authorities spend ring-fenced resilience grants for their intended purposes.

Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 provides the basis for central government to pay ringfenced grants to local authorities. Ringfenced funding is subject to legal conditions in the grant determination issued by a government department specifying how the funding can be used. Monitoring, reporting or assurance arrangements provide mechanisms to check compliance with grant conditions. The specific arrangements will depend on the grant and are determined by the department or policy team responsible for the relevant grant.