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Local Government Finance: West Surrey

Commons · Question 442 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 22 May 2026

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Surrey County Council paper, "Implementation Programme Update Report, Annex 3 - Draft Illustrative Financial Baseline", of April 2026, what assessment has h

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 22 May 2026

Multi-year allocations for all councils, including those which have been invited to undergo reorganisation, were set out in the final Local Government Finance Settlement. The majority of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement is unringfenced r...