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Local Government Finance: Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what transitional funding will be made available to shadow unitary authorities in Suffolk between elections in May 2027 and vesting day in April 2028; and how that figure was cal

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
18 Jun 2026
Answer
22 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what transitional funding will be made available to shadow unitary authorities in Suffolk between elections in May 2027 and vesting day in April 2028; and how that figure was cal

  2. 18 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Government announced £63 million in additional capacity funding to support local authorities in areas undergoing local government reorganisation, with each new unitary authority receiving at least £900,000. This means that, across the three new unitar...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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