For 2022–23, the Department has introduced a new target to support investment in projects that contribute to levelling up.40 We asked the Department how it defines projects that contribute to levelling up.41 It told us that it counts everything that is not in London or the South East, which we considered to be a very imprecise model as not every part of the UK outside London and the south-east is in equal need. The Department agreed that its measure is a blunt instrument and said it was working with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to develop a more granular focus.42