Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to rising household costs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for support for residents in poverty.
The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022/23 makes available an additional £3.7 billion to councils. This is an increase in local authority funding for 2022/23 of over 4.5% in real terms, which will ensure councils across the country have the resources they need to deliver key services. The most relatively deprived areas of England will receive 14% more per dwelling in available resource through this year’s Settlement than the least deprived areas.