{"value":{"id":1023110,"memberId":4282,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government","uin":"HLWS1137","dateMade":"2018-12-11T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government","title":"Contingent Liability for the Joint Inspection Team ","text":"<p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (James Brokenshire), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.</p><p>I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received approval from Her Majesty’s Treasury for a contingent liability associated with the Joint Inspection Team (JIT) advisory role to local authorities.</p><p>The Departmental Minute describes the contingent liability that MHCLG will hold as a result of the JIT providing advice to the local authority. The local authority is still responsible for making decisions on enforcement.</p><p>The unquantifiable contingent liability will remain for the duration of the JIT operations likely to be a period of twelve months, plus 6 years.</p><p>If the liability is called against JIT, provision for any payment will be sought through the normal Supply procedure.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1023105,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2018-12-11T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1023110","method":"GET"}]}