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Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities with the funding of internal drainage boards.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
25 Jul 2024
Answer
31 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities with the funding of internal drainage boards.

  2. 25 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the sustained increases in IDB levies that some local authorities have experienced over the last two years and is continuing to assess the impact of this year’s increase in levies on local authorities, as well as continuing to ex...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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