Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 77636

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Paul Holmes

ConservativeHamble Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 69050 on Local Government Finance, whether his Department is informed of the type of asset being disposed of.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Flexible Use of Capital Receipts direction was introduced in 2016 by the previous government and remains substantively unchanged. It permits eligible councils to use the proceeds of asset sales to fund transformation and activities that produce ongoin...

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