Supporting local economic growth

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 12 Jan 2022 Closed: 2 Sep 2022 Parliament page
Successive governments have tried to address regional economic disparities and raise productivity through a range of interventions, such as the £12 billion government committed to the Local Growth Fund between 2015-16 and 2020-21. In the 2020 Spending Review, and 2021 Budget, government reiterated its intention to “level up opportunity across … Read more
8 Recommendations
19 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
2 Sep
2022
Report published
8 Jun
2022
Report published
21 Apr
2022
Correspondence
2 Mar
2022
Oral evidence
2 Mar
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
2 Mar 2022
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Supporting local economic growth
Bernadette Kelly CB · Department for Transport Jeremy Pocklington CB · Ministry of Defence Sarah Munby · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Will Garton · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - Local economic growth HC 252 8 Jun 2022 27 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
5 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Fifth Report - Local economic grow…
It is unclear how the Department is reconciling tensions between devolved responsibilities and administering local...
It is unclear how the Department is reconciling tensions between devolved responsibilities and administering local growth funding on a UK-wide basis. Economic development is a devolved power but the Department is administering the Levelling Up and UK Shared Prosperity funds … Read more
Government Response
The department agrees, but disagrees with the conclusion. For LUF, at least 9% of the total allocation will be set aside for Scotland, 5% for Wales, and 3% for Northern Ireland, subject to a suitable number of high-quality bids coming forward. Officials established an Interministerial Group to discuss issues of mutual interest, and the inaugural meeting of the Interministerial Standing Committee was held.
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Government Response AI assessment · 19 of 8 classified
Accepted 2
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 14
Not Addressed 2
Total 8 recs + 19 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
21 Apr 2022 Correspondence from Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, re Supporting local economic growth, dated 30 March 2022
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