Question follow-through · 23801

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution in response to the hon. Member for North Dorset during the Oral Statement of 1

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution in response to the hon. Member for North Dorset during the Oral Statement of 1

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The government is absolutely committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities.We are committed to pursuing a comprehensive set of reforms for public services to fix the foundations of local government in partnership with the sector and on...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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