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Written Question
Local Government Finance
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: Nicola Richards (Conservative - West Bromwich East)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the average mayoral precept in each mayoral authority.

Answered by Jacob Young

The Government publishes data on the average Band D council tax set by each individual authority - including mayoral combined authorities - in the annual council tax levels publication. Band D is used as the standard for comparing council tax levels between and across local authorities. Individual local authorities also publish further details about their council tax charges.

The average Band D council tax set by each local authority for 2024-25 are as follows:

Authority

Average council tax for the authority (Band D) – general functions of the mayor £

Average council tax for the Authority (Band D) – Police and Crime Commissioner functions of the mayor £

West Midlands

0.00

N/A

Greater Manchester

112.95 (Note 1)

256.30

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

36.00

N/A

Liverpool City Region

19.00

N/A

North of Tyne

0.00 (Note 2)

N/A

South Yorkshire

0.00

N/A

Tees Valley

0.00

N/A

West Yorkshire

0.00

249.28

Greater London Authority

166.27 (Note 3)

305.13

Note 1: Greater Manchester’s general functions includes the responsibility for Fire and Rescue provision. This is not the case for any other Authority and so the figure is not directly comparable.

Note 2: The North of Tyne Combined Authority will be replaced by the newly established North East Mayoral Combined Authority.

Note 3: Greater London Authority is not a Combined Authority and therefore the Mayor has different roles and responsibilities which are not directly comparable.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre

"One hundred and seventeen holocaust survivors were interviewed about the memorial, and it is upsetting that, because of the delays, many will not have the opportunity to see the opening. The holocaust is a part of British history, from the Kindertransport and the liberation of Bergen-Belsen to welcoming survivors. It …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
Holocaust Memorial Day

"I quote:

“I have a request of you: this is the real reason why I write, that my doomed life may attain some meaning, that my hellish days and hopeless tomorrows may find a purpose in the future.”

These chilling words are those of Zalman Gradowski, a Polish Jew deported …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to protect green spaces. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Greets Green and Lyng, communities have long been promised a facelift, with quality new housing developments by Sandwell Council, but very little has yet been delivered. Residents in Newhall Street are regularly blighted by crime and antisocial behaviour and have been calling out for help and investment for years. …..."
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Written Question
Local Government: Coronavirus
Friday 5th February 2021

Asked by: Nicola Richards (Conservative - West Bromwich East)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total amount of financial support provided to each local authority in England during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Luke Hall

MHCLG works with other government departments to ensure local authorities are fully supported to deliver their vital role in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, we have allocated over £8 billion so far to support local authorities during the pandemic. This includes £7.5 billion allocated directly to councils to address expenditure pressures, and over £500 million of payments from the first round of our sales, fees and charges compensation scheme. This does not include the £3 billion of additional financial support committed to councils for the COVID-19 response in 2021-22.

A full breakdown of the funding we have captured in this assessment is set out below:

Fund Name

Funding (£m)

COVID-19 2020/21 emergency unringfenced funding for LAs (Tranches 1-4)

4,607

Contain Outbreak Management Fund

978

Infection Control Fund

1,146

Adult Social Care Rapid Testing Fund

149

Workforce Capacity Fund for Adult Social Care

120

Local authority compliance and enforcement grant

30

Funding to support the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable

33

Reopening High Streets Safely Fund

50

Next Steps Accommodation Programme

92

Emergency Support for Rough Sleepers

3

Local Authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies

63

Additional Funding for Home to School Travel

71

COVID Winter Grant Scheme

170

SFC Compensation Scheme (first round)

528

Total

8,040

Attached is a breakdown of this £8 billion of funding by region and by local authority. This reflects the department’s current best understanding and further payments will be made to local authorities this financial year in due course including: additional funding from further rounds of the sales, fees and charges scheme; and additional funding that will be provided through the Contain Outbreak Management Fund to tackle the spread of the virus – worth over £225 million a month during the national lockdown.

Also attached is a breakdown in relation to England’s ceremonial counties. For this, the following caveats apply:

  • Ceremonial counties do not necessarily cover the same area as county councils. The area covered by a ceremonial county will include all local authorities within that historical definition of the county. It will include the county council and shire districts, as well as any additional single-tier councils within the area.
  • A small number of standalone fire and rescue authorities cross ceremonial county borders. In these cases, funding is apportioned between the ceremonial counties covered by the fire authority according to population.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2021
Unsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and Leaseholders

"People in this country deserve to live in safe accommodation; I think we could all sign up to that key principle. It has been encouraging to see the Government taking forward and implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell inquiry so that lessons are learned and we never see a repeat …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021

"It has been 76 years since the world understood the full scale and horror of what happened, as the Nazis and their collaborators tried to eliminate the Jews of Europe. Every time I have returned from Auschwitz-Birkenau, I struggle to comprehend the enormity and sheer scale of the holocaust. That …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jul 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps he is taking to support house building by housing associations. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jul 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Prime Minister says that we need to build, build, build, and that is absolutely the right approach. Will my right hon. Friend the Minister for Housing join me in praising Bishop Llewellyn Graham and everyone at Nehemiah housing association for their amazing work in West Bromwich East, and work …..."
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