Local Government Finance
(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department holds data on the number of local authorities that have frozen non-essential spending in (a) England and (b) Greater London.
This question was answered on 23rd October 2023
The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1 billion, or 9.4% in cash terms, on 2022/23.
The majority of this funding is un-ringfenced, in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities.