Written questions

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 93846 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the additional costs of delivering local government services in rural areas, and how these costs will be reflected in the Fair Funding

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 2 Dec 2025

The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 - GOV.UK and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding sys...