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Written question asked by Tahir Ali (Labour) on Thursday, 23 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2023. It was answered by Simon Hoare (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 November 2023 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Local Government

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) inflation and (b) trends in the level of energy costs on services delivered by local authorities.

Answer

The Government use a range of forecasts and indices to estimate demographic and unit cost pressures facing local government when determining the additional resource required to fund the expenditure needs of local authorities. We ensure the assumptions underlying our modelling are robust by holding in-depth financial conversations with local authorities and regular conversations with treasurer societies.

As a demonstration of Governments recognition of the additional pressures facing councils in 2023/24, the final Local Government Finance Settlement made 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.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3549
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Energy Inflation Local government Prices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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