Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“Whether the Government has plans to review its moratorium on fracking.”

Tabled: 15 January 2020Answered: 21 January 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Local Government and English Devolution (Jim McMahon)

In the final 2024-25 local government finance settlement, a £3 million grant was announced to assist local authorities experiencing significant pressures on their internal drainage board levy. I am publishing today the allocations of funding for 15 local authorities, and I can confirm that King’s Lynn and West Norfolk will receive an allocation of £254,000 from the levy. We are also working closely with our colleagues in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to explore options going forward for future allocations.