Question follow-through · 3303
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that up to date population data is used to determine (a) local government, (b) police and (c) fire authority grant funding.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that up to date population data is used to determine (a) local government, (b) police and (c) fire authority grant funding.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
We understand that improving how local government is funded is crucial to enabling councils to deliver for local residents and ensuring we can deliver our missions. We are committed to delivering a multiyear settlement in this Parliament giving certainty ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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