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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support he plans to provide to district councils to compensate for lost revenue from (a) car parking charges, (b) rent, (c) leisure services and (d) council tax due to the covid-19 outbreak.

On 18 April the Government announced an additional £1.6 billion of funding to support councils in England to continue to deliver essential front line services, bringing the total amount given to councils to help them through the covid-19 pandemic to over £3.2 billion. The package demonstrates the Government’s commitment to making sure councils, including district councils, have the resources they need to support their communities through this challenging time.

We are using data collection and our conversations with councils to refine our assessment of costs and lost income resulting from the pandemic. Allocations to individual local authorities will be announced shortly.