Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeff Smith and Gerald Jones

Monday 15th June 2020 Commons Chamber

[Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab)]

What recent estimate he has made of the value of revenue lost by local authorities as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

[Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) (Lab)]

What recent estimate he has made of the value of revenue lost by local authorities as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

[The Minister of State, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Mr Simon Clarke)]

We are working closely with the sector to develop a good understanding of the pressures that local authorities currently face. We have announced £3.2 billion of additional funding, councils will be able to defer £2.6 billion in business rates payment, and £850 million in social care grants were paid in April in a move aimed at helping to ease immediate pressures on local authority cash flows.