Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 76783

Local Government Services: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

Tabled: 11 September 2025
Answered: 22 September 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to ensure that funding allocations for (a) rural and (b) coastal communities adequately (i) recognise and (i) reflect the additional costs of delive

Answer

Alison McGovern
From 2026-27 we want to fundamentally improve the way we fund local authorities and direct funding to where it is needed most.The Fair Funding Review 2.0 set out a proposal for an updated assessment that will effectively account for the different needs fe...

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