Final local government finance settlement: England, 2021 to 2022

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 final local government finance settlement for 2021 to 2022.

The provisional local government finance settlement 2021 to 2022 was published on 17 December 2020.

Introduction

On 4 February 2021 the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP laid the documents for the 2021 to 2022 local government finance settlement in the House of Commons and made a written ministerial statement. The final settlement debate and vote will be held in the House of Commons next week.

This year has clearly been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic and the settlement should be seen alongside the Covid support we are providing local government.

This section contains useful information for those interpreting the final local government finance settlement for 2021 to 2022, including:

• the final 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 is a measure of the resources available to local authorities to fund service delivery. 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 which are included in core spending power for each local authority