Question follow-through · 85701
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to make any changes to the existing bespoke distribution method for the Recovery Grant.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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- Housing: Planning Permission · 18 Nov 2025
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to make any changes to the existing bespoke distribution method for the Recovery Grant.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The local government finance settlement for 2024 to 2025 introduced the Recovery Grant, worth £600 million. This was distributed to places with greater need and demand for services (using deprivation as a proxy), and which are least able to fund their own...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, How many housing development applications refused by local authorities have had decisions subsequently been overturned by planning inspectors in each year since 2015.
Local Government Finance
24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Fair Funding Review will ensure that the most deprived areas of the country will receive the biggest increases in funding.