Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 110281

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 23 February 2026
Named Day

Question

John Milne

Liberal DemocratHorsham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to UIN 105608, if he will publish the evidence on the application of the Remoteness Adjustment in the Fair Funding Review.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The government will apply the remoteness adjustment to the Adult Social Care Formula, but not to formulas more broadly. The government recognised in the Fair Funding Review 2.0 the case in principle for the impact of a remoteness adjustment on costs.The b...

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