Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Emma Lewell-Buck and Jack Dromey
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)
4. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the local government grant formula in directing funding to areas of need.
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab)
15. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the local government grant formula in directing funding to areas of need.
The Minister for Communities and Resilience (Mr Mark Francois)
Councils facing the highest demand for services receive substantially more funding, including through the grant formula. In addition, with the introduction of business rates retention in 2013-14 there has been a deliberate shift away from keeping authorities dependent on grant and towards providing councils with the tools and incentives they need to grow their local economies and promote sustainable house building.