Appendix
F
E-mails from the Department for Communities and
Local Government to the Clerk of the Committee and letter from
the Audit Commission to the Department for Communities and Local
Government
(i) From the Department for Communities and Local
Government
In answer to your questions-
i) A letter has already been sent to the Audit Commission
seeking their views on the below and CLG have requested a response
by w/e 23rd November 2007.
ii) We would then be happy to notify the committee
of the Audit Commission response as soon as they are made available
to us.
Should you need anything further please do contact
myself or Yvonne Dove.
16 November 2007
(ii) From the Department for Communities and Local
Government
We've been fortunate enough to have received a quick
response from the AC, please see the attached document.
The letter refers to the order as a whole, however
we did ask them specifically about the Overseas Assistance Act,
as per your question, and directed the Commission towards chapter
7 of the consultation paper.
16 November 2007
(iii) From the Audit Commission
Thank you for your letter of 15 November seeking
our view on the proposed Legislative Reform Order, and enclosing
the consultation paper which underpins it.
The proposal seems to be very much in line with the
policy of lifting unnecessary burdens from local authorities,
and I can confirm that the Commission supports it.
16 November 2007
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