Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 106476

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

David Davis

ConservativeGoole and Pocklington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of continuing the Recovery Grant on local government finances.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Following extensive consultation and engagement, we are realigning funding distributed through the Local Government Finance Settlement with need and deprivation. We will target a greater proportion of grant funding towards the most deprived places which n...

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