Local Government Finance: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 61281 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether eligibility for the Rural Services Delivery Grant takes into account sparsely populated rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 30 Jun 2025
The government took the difficult decision to end the Rural Services Delivery Grant as it did not properly account for need and a large number of predominantly rural councils received nothing from it. In 2025-26, places with a significant rural population...