Question follow-through · 104454

Local Government Finance: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 on (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
15 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 on (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    This Local Government Finance Settlement is our most significant move yet to make English local government more sustainable. The government is making good on long overdue promises to fundamentally update the way we fund local authorities. We are deliverin...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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