Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

(asked on 22nd April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to publish a comprehensive summary of the financial support the Government is making available to local authorities for the duration of 2020 in response to the increased costs local authorities will incur as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
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Simon Clarke
This question was answered on 27th April 2020

On 18 April the Government announced a further £1.6 billion to support councils in delivering essential front line services. This funding recognises the additional costs and pressures which councils are facing as they respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

This package of support takes the total given to councils to help their communities through this crisis to over £3.2 billion, an unprecedented level of additional financial?support in recent times.

Earlier this week the Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government wrote to council leaders in England with a full summary of the significant funding and cashflow measures that the Government have announced to support local authorities in their vital work with businesses, communities and vulnerable individuals in the fight against coronavirus.

A full record of the financial support made available to local authorities can be found at gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-local-government.

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