Consultation outcome

Fair funding review: a review of relative needs and resources

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 19 December 2017
• Last updated: 13 December 2018
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  1. 13 December 2018

     Added summary of responses to the consultation.

  2. 19 December 2017

     First published.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Fair funding review: a review of relative needs and resources - summary of responses

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-5389-3

PDF, 372 KB, 48 pages

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Detail of outcome

This document sets out a summary of the responses received to the consultation and outlines the government’s response.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on the approach to measuring the relative needs of local authorities.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 19 December 2017 to 11:45pm on 12 March 2018

Consultation description

The fair funding review will set new baseline funding allocations for local authorities by delivering an up-to-date assessment of their relative needs and resources, using the best available evidence.

We are considering a wide range of options for developing an updated funding formula by looking again at the factors that drive costs for local authorities.

This consultation focuses specifically on potential approaches that have been identified to measure the relative needs of local authorities.

Documents

Fair funding review: a review of relative needs and resources - technical consultation

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-5160-8

PDF, 700 KB, 51 pages

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