Provisional local government finance settlement: England, 2021 to 2022
This collection brings together all documents relating to the provisional local government finance settlement, 2021 to 2022.
On 4 February 2021 the final local government finance settlement: England, 2021 to 2022 was published.
The local government finance settlement is the annual determination of funding to local government. It needs to be approved by the House of Commons.
This collection covers the provisional local government finance settlement for 2021 to 2022. The final 2021 to 2022 settlement will be laid before the House of Commons in early 2021.
This year has clearly been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year’s settlement should be seen alongside the Covid support we are providing local government.
Introduction
This section contains the press release for the provisional settlement 2021-22 and the ministerial statement made in Parliament by the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP on 17 December 2020.
Provisional settlement consultation 2021 to 2022
This section contains the provisional settlement consultation document and the accompanying draft equality statement.
The consultation runs for one month and the government is seeking views by 16 January 2021.
Provisional settlement 2021 to 2022
This section contains useful information for those interpreting the provisional local government finance settlement for 2021 to 2022, including:
- the draft local government finance report
- key information for local authorities
- key information for pools
- supplementary table and explanatory note for authorities with increased business rates retention arrangements
- breakdown of the settlement funding assessment calculation model
Core spending power of local authorities 2021 to 2022
Core Spending Power is a measure of the resources available to local authorities to fund service delivery. It sets out the funding made available to local authorities through the local government finance settlement. This section has:
- an explanatory note, which sets out the methodology used to calculate core spending power
- a summary table, which shows the change in core spending power since last year, and core spending power per dwelling
- supporting information, which shows the component figures (from Council Tax, locally retained business rates and so on) which are included in core spending power for each local authority