Grants: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 22384 · 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, what the change in grant is in (a) cash and (b) real terms in areas with a significant rural population between 2024-25 and 2025-26.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 15 Jan 2025
The provisional Settlement for 2025-26 makes available £69 billion for local government, which is a 3.5% real terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The final Settlement will increase further, to incorporate the £515 million of fundin...