Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2025, to Question 69302, on Local Government Finance, whether his Department collates local government finance data on unspent infrastructure levy revenues; and whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on publishing that data.

Any local planning authority that receives a developer contribution through Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) or section 106 planning obligations is required to publish an Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) at least annually, ensuring a transparent and accountable system.

The IFS must report on the total CIL sums demanded, received, and spent in the reported year, with details of how sums were spent and how sums are intended to be spent going forwards.

The IFS must also report on the CIL receipts retained unspent at the end of the reported year both in respect of sums received in the reported year and sums received in earlier years.

Further to this, my Department collects data on local authority revenue expenditure and financing in England, including income from the CIL. This can be found on gov.uk here.