Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 22384
Grants: Rural Areas
Tabled: 7 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025
Question
David Simmonds
Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the change in grant is in (a) cash and (b) real terms in areas with a significant rural population between 2024-25 and 2025-26.
Answer
Jim McMahonThe provisional Settlement for 2025-26 makes available £69 billion for local government, which is a 3.5% real terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The final Settlement will increase further, to incorporate the £515 million of fundin...
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