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Written question asked by Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 November 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 November 2021. It was answered by Kemi Badenoch (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 November 2021 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Probation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate she has made of the resource impact for local authorities of increases in the population under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements supervision.

Answer

Local authorities are under a statutory duty to co-operate with the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) responsible authority in each of the 42 MAPPA areas in England and Wales. Councils should also review the Ministry of Justice’s reoffending statistics, which are published quarterly and consider the potential impact for them and their budgets


Councils will receive around £1.6 billion additional funding for each year of the Spending Review, including funding for the expansion of the Supporting Families programme and to improve cyber resilience


Core Spending Power – the main measure used for the income of councils – is forecast to increase by an average of 3% in real terms each year over the next three years, including investment in Adult Social Care reform. This funding will empower councils to make decisions tailored to their own local needs and priorities


Further details on how this money will be allocated to councils will be announced in Parliament in the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement later this year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
68164
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Local government Probation Population
Link
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