Unitary Authorities (Hansard, 13 February 2004)

HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 c340W 340W

§ Mrs. May
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to re-assess the funding arrangements for unitary authorities. [154912]

§ Mr. Raynsford
In order to provide local authorities with more stability in funding arrangements, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has already said that we will not be looking to change the grant distribution formulae until 2006–07 at the very earliest.

§ Mrs. May
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received on the funding arrangements for unitary authorities. [154913]

§ Mr. Raynsford
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister received 61 representations on the proposals for the Local Government Finance Settlement 2004–05 from or on behalf of Unitary Authorities.