{"value":{"id":1682002,"askingMemberId":350,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-01-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","uin":"9398","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase funding for Internal Drainage Boards in the 2024/2025 local government finance settlement.","answeringBodyId":211,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4494,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The provisional local government finance settlement for 2024-25 makes available over £64 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of almost £4 billion or 6.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This above-inflation increase demonstrates how the Government stands behind councils up and down the country.</p><p>We will publish a final settlement early this year which will be subject to a debate in the House of Commons.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Internal Drainage Boards: Finance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1682002","method":"GET"}]}