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The Government has published details of Proposal Development Contributions: Area Allocations, setting out funding to support areas submitting proposals for Local Government Reorganisation.
£7.6 million has been made available to 21 areas in the form of Local Government Reorganisation Proposal Development Contributions — the first time capacity funding has been made available for this purpose. The funding recognises the government’s priority for progressing reorganisation proposals.
Each area will receive a flat rate of £135,000, plus an additional 20p per person based on the latest ONS population estimates. Areas must agree on up to three councils to receive an equal share of the funding.
You can view the full government collection here.
Area Allocations
Area |
Allocation (£) |
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
318,816 |
Derbyshire and Derby |
350,582 |
Devon, Plymouth and Torbay |
383,326 |
East Sussex and Brighton |
302,024 |
Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock |
514,318 |
Gloucestershire |
266,855 |
Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton |
542,174 |
Hertfordshire |
378,077 |
Kent and Medway |
514,410 |
Lancashire, Blackburn and Blackpool |
449,075 |
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland |
365,888 |
Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire |
357,246 |
Norfolk |
321,389 |
Nottinghamshire and Nottingham |
369,754 |
Oxfordshire |
285,046 |
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent |
367,336 |
Suffolk |
290,288 |
Surrey |
380,734 |
Warwickshire |
258,565 |
West Sussex |
315,172 |
Worcestershire |
257,837 |
We welcome your views on these allocations and on the wider approach to Local Government Reorganisation. If you have any comments to share, please do get in touch with the RSN team.