We asked the Department how it intended to pull together all this data to show a big picture, as well as a local picture, to demonstrate the effectiveness of government’s levelling up agenda. The Department told us it had committed to reporting annually on levelling up and its performance against the missions but it had not yet committed to a timescale.78 We encouraged the Department to consult on the contents of these reports and to provide consistent data on a consistent basis that would enable us to compare one year with another.79 73 Q 107; Page 12 – Levelling Up the United Kingdom: missions and metrics Technical Annex (publishing.service. gov.uk) 74 Q 107 75 Q 107; Government’s White Paper: Levelling Up the United Kingdom, Page 150–151 76 Q 108 77 Q 110 78 Q 125 79 Qq 127–128 Local economic growth 17