Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 93545

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Anneliese Midgley

LabourKnowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for the inclusion of the Remoteness Adjustment within the Area Cost Adjustment of proposed funding formulas.

Answer

Alison McGovern
On Thursday 20 November, we published the government response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0, which sets out the government’s plan to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. In doing so, we will target a greater proportion of grant funding tow...

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