Question follow-through · 26421

Local Government Finance: Birmingham and Solihull

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planned funding allocations for (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) Solihull Borough Council are in each year for which figures are available.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planned funding allocations for (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) Solihull Borough Council are in each year for which figures are available.

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement on 18 December 2024 the government published the latest Core Spending Power figures which are available here.Included within the tables are figures for allocations dating back to 2015. Due to ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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