Consultations

Our principal aim is to represent the interests of district council finance on a national level and therefore we actively contribute to various consultation processes.

SDCT responses

2024

• Response to the Consultation on the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom 
• Response to MHCLG: Consultation on the “Addressing the local audit backlog in England”
• Response to DHLUC: Consultation on New LA Capital Flexibilities
• Consultation: provisional local government finance settlement 2024 to 2025
• Response to DHLUC: Consultation on MRP

2023

• Capital Risk Metrics Consultation 
• Response to Invitation to Comment
• Letter to Michael Gove MP
• Response to the Business Rates Avoidance and Evasion consultation
• Response to the 2023/24 provisional local government finance settlement 

2022

• Local government provisional finance settlement for 2022/23 
• Government consultation on Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP)
• Local government provisional finance settlement 2021/22

2021

• New homes bonus consultation
• CIPFA Prudential Code
• CIPFA Treasury Code
• Audit fees methodology
• CIPFA Prudential Code (round two)
• MHCLG £15m allocation
• MHCLG local audit framework September 2021

2020

• SDCT constitution September 2020
• Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2020/21
• PSAA consultation on scale of audit fees 2020/21
• Government PAC Commercial Investment response May 2020
• Draft SDCT PWLB consultation May 2020
• Final SDCT PWLB consultation July 2020

2019 and prior

• NAO consultation on draft code of audit practice
• Government consultation on restricting exit payments in the public sector
• CIPFA/LASAAC 2019/20 Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the UK response
• ITC on IFRS 16 (leases) implementation for financial year 2019/20
• CIPFA consultation on Local Authority Financial Resilience Index

Local Government Settlement Response 2017-18

SDCT response to the consultation document published by the DCLG on 15th December 2016 in respect of the proposals for the provisional local government finance settlement for 2017-18.

• Consultation response
• Consultation response 24 October 2017

DCLG technical consultation on New Homes Bonus

SDCT response to the consultation document published by the DCLG on 17 December 2015 regarding the technical consultation on New Homes Bonus.

• Covering letter
• Consultation response
• 100% Retention of Business Rates and the Fair Funding Review
• NAO Code of Audit Practice
• Local government settlement 2017-18
• Government consultation on restricting exit payments in the public sector
• Code of Practice consultation
• CIPFA Borrowing Guidance
• Redmond Review Consultation Response December 2019