Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 106474

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

David Davis

ConservativeGoole and Pocklington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide the basis on which his Department determined there was insufficient evidence of rurality and remoteness impacting the cost of service delivery in the provision

Answer

Alison McGovern
The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. The ...

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