The Local Government Funding Formula

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:59 pm on 23 January 2019.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:59, 23 January 2019

We had a full discussion about the way that the formula works and any issues that anyone in the room had with them, and I invited suggestions from the local government leaders in the room and, indeed, from the wider local government community as to any suggested changes to the formula that might be something that we could all support. So, I'm very open to that. I have to say, nothing has come forward yet that significantly changes the formula. As you know, we put a funding floor in place in order to protect councils that are particularly affected by sudden changes in the way that the distribution works—so, by population change, for example, or by big differences in free-school-meals provision, or whatever it is. But we had a very good discussion this morning, and, as I said in earlier remarks, I'm not aware of what the disagreement is. There certainly wasn't any disagreement in the room this morning.