Correspondence
Withholding details of councillors’ sensitive interests and home addresses: letter to local authorities
Local Government Minister Simon Hoare's letter to local authorities.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
Local Government Minister Simon Hoare MP’s letter to local authorities about withholding details of councillors’ sensitive interests and home addresses.
Minister Hoare’s letter reminds all councillors and elected mayors to be aware of the provisions in section 32 of the Localism Act 2011 for withholding the details of sensitive interests in published versions of the register of interests.
The letter encourages monitoring officers to look sympathetically at accommodating requests for the withholding of home addresses from published versions of the register of interests where there are legitimate concerns of violence or intimidation.
Published 18 March 2024