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Written question asked by Julian Knight (Independent (affiliation)) on Friday, 2 June 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 June 2023. It was answered by Lee Rowley (Conservative) on Monday, 12 June 2023 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.


Local Government Finance: Solihull

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much rural services delivery grant funding was made available to Solihull Council in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.

Answer

The Rural Services Delivery Grant is allocated in recognition of the possible additional costs of service delivery in sparsely populated areas. Because Solihull Council is not as sparsely populated as authorities in England who receive this funding, it is not eligible for this grant.

For 2022-23, Solihull Council received £768,824 from the Independent Living Fund. As part of the Government's commitment to simplify the grants system, we have rolled the Independent Living Fund into the Social Care Grant from 2023-24 onwards.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
187449
Session
2022-23
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Local government finance Rural areas Solihull
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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