Levelling-Up Committee questions councils and finance & scrutiny experts for Office for Local Government (Oflog) inquiry
On Monday 15 April, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee continues its inquiry on the Office for Local Government (Oflog) with questions to local authority representatives and to finance and scrutiny experts (full witness list below).
Meeting details
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
The Office for Local Government
Professor in Accounting at Durham University Business School
Chief Executive at Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
Deputy Chief Executive at Centre for Governance and Scrutiny
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
The Office for Local Government
Chair of Improvement and Innovation Board at Local Government Association
Chief Executive and Chair (& Managing Director of South Norfolk Council and Broadland Council) at District Councils Network
Chair at National Association of Local Councils (NALC)
The Committee’s inquiry is looking at the remit of this new body and how it will engage with local authorities to help raise performance and improve outcomes for people and places (inquiry terms of reference).
The cross-party group of MPs will question witnesses on topics including:
- Oflog’s purpose and role
- How Oflog will collect and use data
- Oflog’s ‘Early Warning Conversations’ with local authorities
- Governance arrangements, including Oflog’s independence