questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2026, to Question 106138, on Local Government Finance, whether his department holds data on the proportion of the £4.3 billion that was subject to the flexible use of capital receipts provisions; and which individual local authorities utilised the flexible use.
answerText: The Flexible Use of Capital Receipts general direction was introduced in 2016 by the previous government and remains substantively unchanged. This government has not changed the rules on use of capital receipts; not all capital receipts are eligible for u...
heading: Local Government Finance