Written questions

Local Government Finance: Yorkshire and the Humber

Commons · Question 106130 · Tabled 15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 23 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of Government funding to (a) local authorities in Yorkshire and (b) York Central constituency.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 23 Jan 2026

This Local Government Finance Settlement is our most significant move yet to make English local government more sustainable. The government is making good on long overdue promises to fundamentally update the way we fund local authorities. We are deliverin...