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Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Department plans to review the Area Cost Adjustment.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
26 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Department plans to review the Area Cost Adjustment.

  2. 26 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 - GOV.UK and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding sys...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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