Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeff Smith and Judith Cummins

Monday 13th January 2020 Commons Chamber

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

1. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for local authorities in England.

[Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab)]

13. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for local authorities in England.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Luke Hall)]

Next year’s settlement for local government responds to the pressures facing councils by providing access to the largest year-on-year increase in spending power for a decade. Core spending power is expected to rise from £46.2 billion to £49.1 billion in 2020-21—an estimated 4.4% real-terms increase.