{"value":{"id":1540802,"askingMemberId":4618,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-11-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-11-14T00:00:00","uin":"82399","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support is available to councils who inform his Department that they face significant financial shortfalls.","answeringBodyId":211,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4652,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-11-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Local Government Finance Settlement makes available £54.1 billion of taxpayer subsidy in 2022/23 for local government in England, an increase of up to £3.7 billion on 2021/22, including, over £1 billion specifically for councils to meet social care pressures.</p><p>Further announcements will be made on the proposed local Government finance settlement in the coming weeks ahead. <br> <br>We are working closely with the sector, as we always do, to monitor the impact on service delivery and budgets.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Local Government Finance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1540802","method":"GET"}]}