Local Government Finance: Shropshire
Commons · Question 25992 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will reinstate the Rural Services Delivery Grant in the next local government financial settlement for Shropshire.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 31 Jan 2025
The government is absolutely committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities. However, the Rural Services Delivery Grant did not properly account for need and a large number of predominantly rural councils receive nothing from it - that’...