A question on #LocalGovernmentFinance #Shropshire tabled by Mark Pritchard on 23-01-2025 has been answered by Jim McMahon.

Heading: Local Government Finance: Shropshire
Question ID: 1758372
UIN: 25992
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-23
Asking Member ID: 1576
Asking Member display name: Mark Pritchard
Asking Member handle: MPritchardMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MPritchardMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will reinstate the Rural Services Delivery Grant in the next local government financial settlement for Shropshire.
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Date answered: 2025-01-31
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4569
Answering Member display name: Jim McMahon
Answering Member handle: JimfromOldham
Answering Member Twitter reference: @JimfromOldham
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Answer text: The government is absolutely committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities. However, the Rural Services Delivery Grant did not properly account for need and a large number of predominantly rural councils receive nothing from it – that’...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true