Local Government Finance
Commons · Question 22379 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 December 2024 on the Devolution White Paper, HCWS316, what steps her Department is taking to end the use of (a) competit
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 15 Jan 2025
The Government has committed to simplifying the wider local funding landscape, reviewing and reducing the number of grants (and ringfences), and consolidating grants into the Local Government Finance Settlement wherever possible. This will support local a...