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Final local government finance settlement: England, 2021 to 2022

This collection brings together all documents relating to the final local government finance settlement: England, 2021 to 2022.

From:
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Published
4 February 2021

The local government finance settlement is the annual determination of funding to local government. It needs to be approved by the House of Commons.

This collection covers the final local government finance settlement for 2021 to 2022.

The provisional local government finance settlement 2021 to 2022 was published on 17 December 2020.

Introduction

The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP laid the documents for the 2021 to 2022 local government finance settlement in the House of Commons and made the written ministerial statement on 4 February 2021. The final settlement debate and vote was held in the House of Commons on 10 February 2021.

This year has clearly been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic and the settlement should be seen alongside the Covid support we are providing local government.

The government also launched a consultation on the future of New Homes Bonus for 2022 to 2023 on 10 February 2021.

Provisional settlement consultation results

This section contains the summary of responses to the provisional settlement consultation, as well as the government’s final equality statement.

Final settlement 2021 to 2022: supporting documents

This section contains useful information for those interpreting the final local government finance settlement for 2021 to 2022, including:

  • the final local government finance report
  • key information for local authorities
  • key information for pools
  • supplementary table and explanatory note for authorities with increased business rates retention arrangements
  • breakdown of the settlement funding assessment calculation model

Core spending power 2021 to 2022

Core Spending Power is a measure of the resources available to local authorities to fund service delivery. This section has:

  • an explanatory note, which sets out the methodology used to calculate core spending power
  • a summary table, which shows the change in core spending power since last year, and core spending power per dwelling
  • supporting information, which shows the component figures which are included in core spending power for each local authority
Published 4 February 2021
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