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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative assessment of the total amount of funding available to local councils in England in Financial Year 2023-24 and the amount needed to meet their existing commitments; and if he will take steps to provide more funding for councils.

The Local Government Finance Settlement makes available £54.1 billion of taxpayer subsidy in 2022/23 for local government in England, an increase of up to £3.7 billion on 2021/22, including, over £1 billion specifically for councils to meet social care pressures.

Further announcements will be made on the proposed local Government finance settlement in the coming weeks ahead.

We are working closely with the sector, as we always do, to monitor the impact on service delivery and budgets.