Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the core spending power of (a) Newcastle City Council and (b) local authorities in England has been in each year since 2010-11.

The definition of spending power has changed over the period 2010-11 to 2019-20, with core spending power being first introduced at the 2016-17 Local Government Finance Settlement. The changes in definition mean that combining these year on year changes to calculate an overall change for the period 2010-11 to 2019-20 is not meaningful.

Information on core spending power for the period 2011-2020 is available at the following links:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110052/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/grant.htm

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110056/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/grant.htm

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505104701/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2014-to-2015

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-in-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2017-to-2018