Funding Guarantee grant determination 2023 to 2024 [No.31/6724]
Published 18 August 2023
Applies to England
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety (“the Minister”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, hereby makes the following determination:
Citation
1. This determination may be cited as the Funding Guarantee Grant Determination 2023-24 [No.31/6724]
Purpose of the grant
2. The purpose of this grant is to ensure that all councils will see at least a 3% increase in their core spending power before any decisions about organisational efficiencies, use of reserves or 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 throughout the financial year commencing the end of May.
Treasury consent
5. Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister obtained the consent of the Treasury1.
Signed by authority of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety.
Evi Bell
Deputy Director
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
20 June 2023.
Annex A: Funding Guarantee allocations to local authorities 2023 to 2024
| Local Authority | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Adur | 223,806 |
| Amber Valley | 648,115 |
| Arun | 950,261 |
| Ashfield | 466,160 |
| Ashford | 400,677 |
| Babergh | 68,447 |
| Basildon | 731,349 |
| Basingstoke And Deane | 2,055,084 |
| Bassetlaw | 448,995 |
| Blaby | 1,530,635 |
| Bolsover | 36,157 |
| Boston | 457,013 |
| Braintree | 440,309 |
| Breckland | 668,535 |
| Brentwood | 450,828 |
| Broadland | 791,373 |
| Bromsgrove | 1,024,652 |
| Broxbourne | 41,694 |
| Broxtowe | 362,495 |
| Burnley | 342,257 |
| Cambridge | 3,706,552 |
| Cannock Chase | 829,869 |
| Canterbury | 1,583,502 |
| Castle Point | 263,975 |
| Charnwood | 2,288,532 |
| Chelmsford | 1,967,435 |
| Cheltenham | 817,477 |
| Cherwell | 2,838,917 |
| Chesterfield | 129,618 |
| Chichester | 703,883 |
| Chorley | 1,146,523 |
| Colchester | 1,685,033 |
| Cotswold | 1,988,274 |
| Crawley | 533,281 |
| Dacorum | 849,681 |
| Dartford | 3,538,672 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 626,887 |
| Dorset and Wiltshire Fire | 154,854 |
| Dover | 759,507 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 353,679 |
| East Devon | 1,530,145 |
| East Hampshire | 1,815,404 |
| East Hertfordshire | 769,876 |
| East Lindsey | 887,816 |
| East Staffordshire | 715,432 |
| East Suffolk | 1,511,516 |
| East Sussex Fire | 94,035 |
| Eastbourne | 240,427 |
| Eastleigh | 1,634,684 |
| Elmbridge | 1,320,373 |
| Epping Forest | 923,727 |
| Epsom And Ewell | 222,615 |
| Erewash | 172,533 |
| Exeter | 842,633 |
| Fareham | 260,138 |
| Fenland | 600,957 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 664,129 |
| Forest of Dean | 78,128 |
| Fylde | 868,261 |
| Gedling | 349,912 |
| Gloucester | 313,759 |
| Gosport | 202,470 |
| Gravesham | 267,442 |
| Great Yarmouth | 263,163 |
| Harborough | 799,771 |
| Harlow | 686,113 |
| Hart | 1,027,002 |
| Hastings | 242,922 |
| Havant | 294,725 |
| Hereford and Worcester Fire | 91,434 |
| Hertsmere | 1,015,737 |
| High Peak | 457,336 |
| Hinckley And Bosworth | 211,460 |
| Horsham | 2,940,821 |
| Huntingdonshire | 1,051,362 |
| Hyndburn | 5,321 |
| Ipswich | 358,833 |
| King’s Lynn And West Norfolk | 614,788 |
| Lancaster | 605,914 |
| Lewes | 254,909 |
| Lichfield | 557,947 |
| Lincoln | 321,609 |
| Maidstone | 2,635,001 |
| Maldon | 600,675 |
| Malvern Hills | 1,090,324 |
| Mansfield | 346,148 |
| Melton | 84,130 |
| Mid Devon | 485,358 |
| Mid Suffolk | 450,211 |
| Mid Sussex | 411,481 |
| Mole Valley | 627,993 |
| New Forest | 692,309 |
| Newark And Sherwood | 806,884 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 221,789 |
| North Devon | 1,153,163 |
| North East Derbyshire | 254,528 |
| North Kesteven | 553,205 |
| North Norfolk | 974,416 |
| North Warwickshire | 311,824 |
| North West Leicestershire | 1,167,636 |
| Norwich | 643,652 |
| Oxford | 209,971 |
| Pendle | 405,716 |
| Preston | 476,363 |
| Redditch | 489,234 |
| Reigate And Banstead | 799,461 |
| Ribble Valley | 773,369 |
| Rossendale | 286,227 |
| Rother | 461,780 |
| Rugby | 1,070,961 |
| Runnymede | 503,425 |
| Rushcliffe | 326,352 |
| Rutland | 9,755 |
| Sevenoaks | 908,467 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 1,070,503 |
| South Derbyshire | 1,748,307 |
| South Hams | 694,468 |
| South Holland | 260,281 |
| South Kesteven | 934,026 |
| South Norfolk | 2,529,202 |
| South Oxfordshire | 873,763 |
| South Ribble | 632,421 |
| Spelthorne | 1,479,281 |
| St Albans | 1,341,600 |
| Stafford | 1,586,695 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 343,307 |
| Stevenage | 78,399 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 2,204,295 |
| Stroud | 720,367 |
| Swale | 496,856 |
| Tamworth | 636,382 |
| Tandridge | 502,441 |
| Teignbridge | 1,121,029 |
| Tendring | 767,373 |
| Test Valley | 1,351,994 |
| Tewkesbury | 1,773,579 |
| Thanet | 339,492 |
| Three Rivers | 379,949 |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 1,762,008 |
| Torridge | 176,441 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 618,547 |
| Uttlesford | 2,402,303 |
| Vale of White Horse | 2,313,576 |
| Warwick | 1,840,036 |
| Waverley | 1,003,079 |
| Wealden | 1,774,949 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 610,989 |
| West Devon | 51,044 |
| West Lancashire | 36,312 |
| West Lindsey | 448,214 |
| West Oxfordshire | 910,865 |
| West Suffolk | 1,137,267 |
| Winchester | 885,008 |
| Wokingham | 1,092,947 |
| Worcester | 976,749 |
| Worthing | 251,792 |
| Wychavon | 3,049,021 |
| Wyre | 457,266 |
| Wyre Forest | 425,370 |
| Total | £133,314,173 |