Local Government Finance
Commons · Question 110281 · Tabled 2 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by John Milne
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to UIN 105608, if he will publish the evidence on the application of the Remoteness Adjustment in the Fair Funding Review.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 23 Feb 2026
The government will apply the remoteness adjustment to the Adult Social Care Formula, but not to formulas more broadly. The government recognised in the Fair Funding Review 2.0 the case in principle for the impact of a remoteness adjustment on costs.The b...