Margaret Hodge – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether local authorities will be required to seek specific permission from Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government if they wish to provide an exemption from the anti-advocacy clause in a grant agreement.

Matthew Hancock

The new clause applies to all central government grants. We expect that exemptions will be rare and these will need to be approved by the relevant Minister.