Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 25992
Local Government Finance: Shropshire
Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 31 January 2025
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will reinstate the Rural Services Delivery Grant in the next local government financial settlement for Shropshire.
Answer
Jim McMahonThe government is absolutely committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities. However, the Rural Services Delivery Grant did not properly account for need and a large number of predominantly rural councils receive nothing from it – that’...
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