Let (K , O, k) be a p-modular system with k algebraically closed, let b be a block of the normal subgroup H of G having defect pointed group Q δ in H and P γ in G, and consider the block extension bOG. One may attach to b an extended local category E (b,H,G) , a group extension L of Z(Q) by N G (Q δ )/C H (Q) having P as a Sylow p-subgroup, and a cohomology class [α] ∈ H 2 (N G (Q δ )/QC H (Q), k × ). We prove that these objects are invariant under the G/H-graded basic Morita equivalences introduced in [4]. Along the way, we give alternative proofs of the results of [11] and [23] on extensions of nilpotent blocks, and of [27] on p ′ -extensions of inertial blocks.