Written Question·Treasury·UIN 87910

Public Expenditure: Digital Technology and Transport

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reflect the costs of (a) digital connectivity and (b) public transport in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas in funding formulas.

Answer

James Murray
The Government recognises that areas with different characteristics incur different local costs and considers this when making policy decisions. The government has recently consulted on proposals to allocate local government funding more fairly through th...

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