Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34056 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, what specific elements of the Settlement Funding Assessment use population data from the 2001 Census.
Answered by Jim McMahon
The 2013/2014 funding formulae for the Settlement Funding Assessment used a mix of 2001 and 2011 Census data. The publication available at this link provides further detail on which set of Census data each element of the formulae use.
The government is committed to introducing an improved and updated approach to funding local authorities, including Fire and Rescue Authorities, from 2026-27. We sought views on our principles and objectives for funding reform through a consultation which ran from 18 December 2024 - 12 February 2025.
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