Guidance

Exceptional Financial Support for local authorities for 2022-23

Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested Exceptional Financial Support in financial year 2022-23 and the associated external assurance reviews.

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Published
29 February 2024
Last updated
13 March 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

In the financial year 2022-23 the previous government agreed to provide 5 councils with support to manage financial pressures via the Exceptional Financial Support process. In the case of one council the government also agreed to a request for support for prior years.

Local authority Exceptional Financial Support requests from local authorities: 2022-23
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council provided with in-principle support but withdrew its request
Copeland 拢1.5m (support agreed in-principle)
Croydon 拢25.0m (support agreed in-principle)
Kensington and Chelsea 拢23.2尘
Slough 拢84.1m (support agreed in-principle)

拢223.1m agreed in-principle covering:
2018-19: 拢61.7m
2019-20: 拢40.2m
2020-21: 拢25.9m
2021-22: 拢95.3m

Capitalisation directions

(PDF, 197 KB, 2 pages)

This capitalisation direction was amended in December 2024:

(PDF, 517 KB, 2 pages)

Assurance reviews

CIPFA local government finance review: Kensington and Chelsea Council

Interventions in local authorities

Statutory intervention: London Borough of Croydon

Statutory intervention: Slough Borough Council

Updates to this page

Published 29 February 2024
Last updated 13 March 2025 show all updates

  1. Added varied direction for Kensington and Chelsea Council.

  2. First published.

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