Acceptance of complaints by Standards for England
We have reviewed the factors we take into account when assessing if we will accept cases in the public interest, referred to us by local standards committees, for investigation. We reviewed the factors to see whether they were still appropriate taking into account the Government’s stated policy, its localist approach to regulation of local government and our reduced budget.
We concluded that both the underlying criterion of public interest and the relating factors are consistent with our statutory purpose and continue to be valid while the current standards framework remains in place. Therefore we have not made any changes to the factors or criterion. However, when considering whether to accept cases we will have to have regard to the resources we have available and take account of the relative importance of cases.
