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Public Expenditure: Digital Technology and Transport

Commons · Question 87910 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

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

Answered by James Murray, 17 Nov 2025

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...