Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 23802

Local Government Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 21 January 2025

Question

Simon Hoare

ConservativeNorth Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the additional costs of providing council services in rural areas.

Answer

Jim McMahon
This government is committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural councils in England. Places with a significant rural population will on average receive around a 5% increase in their Core Spending Power next year, which is a real terms increase. N...

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