Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What steps her Department is taking to ensure that areas with higher levels of deprivation receive adequate funding.”
Tabled: 8 July 2025Answered: 14 July 2025
Asked by
Dr Marie Tidball
Labour — Penistone and Stocksbridge
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Local Government and English Devolution (Jim McMahon)
We are committed to improving how we assess need to ensure that central Government funding is distributed fairly to the places that need it most. We began at the last settlement with the £600 million recovery grant, and subject to the fair funding review 2.0 consultation, our proposed reforms mean that the most relatively deprived places will see larger increases in income than the least deprived places.