Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 18
18
Deferred
Reduce the number of funding pots managed across multiple government departments
Conclusion
As part of the Ministry’s reduction of the use of funding pots and competitive bidding, it must consider and reduce the number of funding pots managed across multiple government departments, not just those managed by the Ministry. (Recommendation, Paragraph 67)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government responded by outlining plans to update the funding formulae in the Settlement and incorporate new deprivation data, including housing costs, into the Index of Multiple Deprivation, rather than addressing the reduction of funding pots across multiple government departments.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
37. As set out in the FFR 2.0, the government intends to radically simplify the grant landscape to give local authorities more certainty and flexibility around a greater portion of their income. We consolidated 11 grants worth almost £700 million into the 2025–26 LGFS, and intend to go further and faster for 2026–27. As part of this, we intend to bring together grants from across government into a series of large, consolidated grants delivered through the LGFS, covering a wide range of service areas - including public health; homelessness and rough sleeping; community crisis and resilience; and children, families and youth. Where possible, we are also rolling suitable grants into the Revenue Support Grant to reduce the number of micro grants delivered to the sector. We will set out more detail at the provisional LGFS.
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