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Written Question
Revenue Support Grant
Monday 10th July 2023

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that Revenue Support Grant allocations are fair.

Answered by Lee Rowley

Revenue Support Grant funding is allocated via a fair assessment of local authority need and is but one part of the Local Government Finance Settlement.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Levelling Up Rural Britain

"It is a pleasure to follow my constituency neighbours, my hon. Friends the Members for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) and for South Dorset (Richard Drax). I hope that the House will allow me to make some comments, although I am at risk of repeating what they said. I congratulate and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Levelling Up Rural Britain

"I wholly agree with my hon. Friend and want to relay that message to the Minister as well: I hope we do not get into the territory of negative RSG as there would be mass rebellions from the Dorset MPs if that were the case.

Covid was hugely damaging to …..."
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Written Question
Regional Planning and Development: Dorset
Thursday 10th February 2022

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what measures announced in his Department's Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper will specifically benefit West Dorset.

Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)

The Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper upholds the Government’s central mission to reverse the geographical inequalities faced by our communities by spreading opportunity more equally across the country and by bringing left behind communities up to the level of more prosperous areas. This means spreading prosperity to all corners of the UK, including West Dorset.

Firstly, Dorset County Council area is included as one of 55 areas identified by the Department for Education as new Education Investment Areas. More broadly, higher educational attainment will be supported by a £560 million investment over three years into a new National Youth Guarantee.

Second, an additional £1.6 billion has been allocated to the British Business Bank’s Regional Investment Funds, which provide debt and equity finance to SMEs. These funds will be specifically directed toward the South West and North East of England, providing significant opportunity for the 97% of businesses within West Devon that are either small or micro-sized.

Third, Dorset will also see 5 of the 11 new hospital schemes in the South West.

Finally, all areas of the UK will receive an allocation from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund via a funding formula rather than a competition. The fund will seek to restore pride in place to communities across the UK, and a new prospectus will be published later in Spring 2022.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Local Government Finance (England)

"Boroughs such as Newham will benefit from £38 million under the settlement, compared with rural areas such as Dorset, which will receive nothing. Does my right hon. Friend agree that should be borne in mind?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Local Government Finance (England)

"It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate and a pleasure to be here with my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax). We are here today to represent Dorset and to make sure that the Government take on board the priority of Dorset, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Local Government Finance (England)

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Secretary of State for Transport and this Conservative Government have—I understand for the second time—given the Mayor a multibillion-pound settlement to help with the operation of TfL, which has been to the detriment of constituencies such as mine in West Dorset, where we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Local Government Finance (England)

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Local Government Finance (England)

"I really appreciate my hon. Friend responding to these points. I should be clear for the record that I, my colleagues and the leader of the council have been asking to meet Ministers for a very long time. I appreciate my hon. Friend’s comeback, but it is important to note …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What steps he is taking to increase opportunity in Dorset. ..."
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