Question follow-through · 109675
Storms: Bellwin Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make emergency financial assistance available through the Bellwin scheme to local authorities impacted by Storm Chandra.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make emergency financial assistance available through the Bellwin scheme to local authorities impacted by Storm Chandra.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
I am always willing to consider local authority requests for financial assistance under the Bellwin Scheme.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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