Communities and Local Government written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what evidential basis relating to the effect of population density on the cost of delivering local government services he considered before determining the 2013-14 local government finance settlement.
Data indicators used in the Local Government Finance settlement for 2013-14 are set out on our website at:
www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/datadef1s.pdf
Data used in the settlement is the best that is consistently nationally available, which for population density is Office for National Statistics data. Population indicators are used in a number of Relative Needs Formulae and both density and sparsity have been subject to discussion and consultation with the sector, including consideration of detailed representations on delivering services in sparsely populated areas, ahead of this year's settlement.
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