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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authority grant funding is ring-fenced for the purposes of parish churches upgrading their facilities.

The majority of the funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement is un-ringfenced in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities. There are no grants within the Settlement that are ringfenced for the purposes of parish churches upgrading their facilities.