Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Judith Cummins and Julie Cooper

Monday 14th September 2015 Commons Chamber

[Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab)]

4. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the local government grant formula in directing funding to areas of need.

[Julie Cooper (Burnley) (Lab)]

14. 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 formula grant. With the introduction of business rates retention in 2013-14, there has been a deliberate shift away from keeping authorities dependent on grants and towards providing councils with the tools and incentives they need to grow their local economies.