The Government should provide new burdens funding to local authorities to ensure that they can carry out these duties to the best of their ability, recognising that improving the overall standard of exempt accommodation and making it more consistent is likely to save resources in the long-term. The Government should also carry out an impact assessment to identify and mitigate any unintended consequences.

The Government should provide new burdens funding to local authorities to ensure that they can carry out these duties to the best of their ability, recognising that improving the overall standard of exempt accommodation and making it more consistent is likely to save resources in the long-term. The Government should also carry out an impact assessment to identify and mitigate any unintended consequences. Type: recommendation | Number: 8 | Paragraph: 57 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 31.T he Government’s New Burdens Doctrine is clear that anything which issues a new expectation on local authorities (irrespective of whether it is legislation or guidance) should be assessed for new burdens. 32. As part of the work to design the licensing scheme and draft regulations, the Departmen