questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) potential merits of continuing the Recovery Grant within the Local Government Finance Settlement and (b) the criteria used to determine its future inclusion.
answerText: The government introduced the £600 million Recovery Grant in 2025-26 to support those local authorities facing higher need and demand for services, and which are least able to fund their own services through income raised locally. Following a large number...
heading: Local Government Finance