Funding Floor Grant Determination 2025 to 2026
Published 14 May 2025
Applies to England
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Funding Floor Grant Determination (2025-26): 31/7801
The Minister for State for Local Government and English Devolution (“the Minister”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:
Citation
1. This determination may be cited as the Funding Floor Grant Determination (2025-26): 31/7801.
Purpose of the Grant
2. The purpose of this grant is to ensure that no local authority in England sees a reduction in their Core Spending Power in 2025-26 after taking into account the increase in council tax levels.
Determination
3. The Minister determines the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid as set out in Annex A of this determination.
4. Payment of the grant will be made in instalments through the 2025-26 financial year.
Treasury consent
5. Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister obtained the consent of the Treasury.
Signed by authority of the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution.
Elsa Esberger, Deputy Director, Local Government Funding Strategy
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
May 2025
Annex A: Funding Floor allocations to local authorities 2025-26
Authorities to which grant is to be paid:
| Local Authority | Funding Floor 2025-26 (£) |
|---|---|
| England | 121,186,381 |
| Adur | 90,800 |
| Amber Valley | 9,394 |
| Arun | 33,266 |
| Ashfield | 26,723 |
| Ashford | 1,738,702 |
| Babergh | 219,207 |
| Basildon | 50,657 |
| Basingstoke And Deane | 2,103,842 |
| Blaby | 1,573,114 |
| Boston | 255,180 |
| Braintree | 115,402 |
| Breckland | 232,039 |
| Brentwood | 579,429 |
| Broadland | 546,202 |
| Bromsgrove | 1,111,000 |
| Broxbourne | 141,850 |
| Broxtowe | 7,983 |
| Cambridge | 3,618,601 |
| Cannock Chase | 990,800 |
| Canterbury | 517,747 |
| Castle Point | 269,027 |
| Charnwood | 1,766,420 |
| Chelmsford | 1,650,071 |
| Cheltenham | 756,790 |
| Cherwell | 3,400,025 |
| Chichester | 807,939 |
| Chorley | 1,170,034 |
| Colchester | 1,187,849 |
| Cotswold | 2,230,486 |
| Crawley | 381,173 |
| Dacorum | 1,027,632 |
| Dartford | 2,678,988 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 1,155,343 |
| Dover | 320,182 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 405,396 |
| East Devon | 2,097,873 |
| East Hampshire | 2,229,992 |
| East Hertfordshire | 312,001 |
| East Lindsey | 664,756 |
| East Staffordshire | 396,568 |
| East Suffolk | 681,983 |
| Eastleigh | 1,884,721 |
| Elmbridge | 1,277,650 |
| Epping Forest | 730,657 |
| Epsom And Ewell | 337,790 |
| Exeter | 289,538 |
| Fareham | 218,468 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 43,987 |
| Forest of Dean | 238,976 |
| Fylde | 1,051,029 |
| Gedling | 14,600 |
| Gravesham | 2,468 |
| Guildford | 551,375 |
| Harborough | 1,592,589 |
| Harlow | 369,221 |
| Hart | 1,411,691 |
| Havant | 132,895 |
| Hertsmere | 952,466 |
| High Peak | 721,280 |
| Hinckley And Bosworth | 240,434 |
| Horsham | 3,357,713 |
| Huntingdonshire | 724,221 |
| King’s Lynn And West Norfolk | 198,912 |
| Lewes | 104,325 |
| Lichfield | 748,418 |
| Maidstone | 2,956,894 |
| Maldon | 443,306 |
| Malvern Hills | 1,199,427 |
| Melton | 167,586 |
| Mid Devon | 739,653 |
| Mid Suffolk | 270,843 |
| Mid Sussex | 1,029,867 |
| Mole Valley | 710,393 |
| New Forest | 675,619 |
| Newark And Sherwood | 205,111 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 85,739 |
| North Devon | 987,891 |
| North Hertfordshire | 723,627 |
| North Kesteven | 749,376 |
| North Norfolk | 805,165 |
| North Warwickshire | 642,066 |
| North West Leicestershire | 1,577,315 |
| Oxford | 483,110 |
| Redditch | 201,405 |
| Reigate And Banstead | 1,161,573 |
| Ribble Valley | 781,159 |
| Rochford | 328,392 |
| Rother | 326,539 |
| Rugby | 763,877 |
| Runnymede | 279,154 |
| Rushcliffe | 101,089 |
| Sevenoaks | 1,046,665 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 587,938 |
| South Derbyshire | 1,833,729 |
| South Hams | 584,572 |
| South Holland | 294,544 |
| South Kesteven | 1,183,385 |
| South Norfolk | 2,144,359 |
| South Oxfordshire | 496,980 |
| South Ribble | 361,301 |
| South Staffordshire | 481,730 |
| Spelthorne | 1,727,949 |
| St Albans | 1,491,896 |
| Stafford | 2,035,014 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 427,593 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 2,907,008 |
| Stroud | 997,734 |
| Surrey Heath | 621,503 |
| Tamworth | 321,128 |
| Tandridge | 587,113 |
| Teignbridge | 1,222,168 |
| Tendring | 199,870 |
| Test Valley | 2,459,435 |
| Tewkesbury | 1,546,039 |
| Three Rivers | 173,561 |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 1,785,452 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 445,506 |
| Uttlesford | 2,060,337 |
| Vale of White Horse | 2,339,662 |
| Warwick | 1,347,048 |
| Waverley | 721,674 |
| Wealden | 1,270,496 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 573,929 |
| West Devon | 611,137 |
| West Lindsey | 586,071 |
| West Oxfordshire | 1,964,639 |
| West Suffolk | 1,012,124 |
| Winchester | 574,743 |
| Woking | 978,273 |
| Worcester | 644,808 |
| Worthing | 227,275 |
| Wychavon | 3,165,927 |