Question follow-through · 903422
Transport: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Transport of the potential impact of suspending the Rural Services Delivery Grant on transport services in rur
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Transport of the potential impact of suspending the Rural Services Delivery Grant on transport services in rur
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash-terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The majority of this funding is un-ringfenced and can be used by local authorities on local ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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