West Midlands Combined Authority Integrated Settlement 2025 to 2026
Published 20 December 2024
Applies to England
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| Functional Responsibility | Fund | Home Department | Allocation Mechanism | Funding totals for 2025/26* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local growth and Place | UK Shared Prosperity Fund | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) | National formula | £32,735,765 RDEL, £13,727,835 CDEL |
| Local growth and Place | Investment Zones | MHCLG | Existing allocation | £6,400,000 RDEL, £9,333,000 CDEL |
| Local growth and Place | Made Smarter | Department for Business and Trade (DBT) | National formula | £1,226,400 RDEL |
| Local growth and Place | Growth Hubs | DBT | National formula | TBC |
| Local growth and place | Create Growth | Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) | New integrated settlement formula | £425,000 RDEL |
| Local transport | Bus Service Improvement Plan | Department for Transport (DfT) | National formula | £37,066,610 RDEL |
| Local transport | Bus Service Improvement Plan Capacity and Capability | DfT | National formula | £125,000 RDEL |
| Local transport | Bus Service Operators Grant | DfT | National formula | £1,792,259 RDEL |
| Local transport | Bus Service Operators Grant Plus | DfT | National formula | £11,000,000 RDEL |
| Local transport | Active Travel Fund | DfT | National formula | TBC |
| Local transport | Active Travel Capability Fund | DfT | National formula | TBC |
| Local transport | Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund | DfT | National formula | TBC |
| Adult skills | Adult Education Budget | Department for Education (DfE) | National formula | £140,000,000 RDEL |
| Adult skills | Free Courses for Jobs | DfE | National formula | Included in figure above** |
| Adult skills | Skills Bootcamps | DfE | TBC | TBC |
| Housing and regeneration | Brownfield Infrastructure and Land Fund | MHCLG | Existing allocation | £34,000,000 CDEL |
| Housing and regeneration | Brownfield Housing Fund | MHCLG | National formula | £26,114,324 CDEL |
| Housing and regeneration | Brownfield Land Release Fund | MHCLG | New integrated settlement formula | £2,583,567 CDEL |
| Buildings’ retrofit | Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) | New integrated settlement formula | £29,172,000 CDEL |
| Buildings’ retrofit | Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme | DESNZ | New integrated settlement formula | £3,348,000 CDEL |
| Buildings’ retrofit | Warm Homes: Local Grant | DESNZ | New integrated settlement formula | £5,280,000 CDEL |
| Employment support | Connect to Work | Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) | National formula | £5,720,000 RDEL |
| Total Quantum | TBC |
The West Midlands Combined Authority’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) CDEL allocation for financial year 2025 - 26 is £211,477,000m. CRSTS funding will be consolidated into West Midlands’ integrated settlement from financial year 2026 - 27. This is one year early, and reflects an agreement between the Combined Authority and DfT in recognition of a bespoke bus funding settlement.
*provisional – these figures may be revised at the time of final publication.
** subject to WMCA delivering 80% of their available Free Courses for Jobs funding across an academic year.
‘New integrated settlement formulae’ have been agreed for funds that are allocated competitively but fall in scope of the integrated settlements. These formulae will only be used for areas which receive integrated settlements.
For non-competitive funding lines, the MCAs’ share of these funds will be determined using the ‘National formula’ for these funds. These formulae will be used for all areas eligible for the relevant funding line.
More information on the approach to formulae in the integrated settlements is set out in the MoU annex.