Question follow-through · 93887
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Recovery Grant on local authorities' ability to maintain essential services and introduce new suppor
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Recovery Grant on local authorities' ability to maintain essential services and introduce new suppor
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government introduced the £600 million Recovery Grant in 2025-26 to support those local authorities facing higher need and demand for services, and which are least able to fund their own services through income raised locally. Following a large number...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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