Fifth Report - Local economic growth

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 252 8 June 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 27 items (8 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 19 of 27 classified)
Accepted 2
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 14
Not Addressed 2
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Recommendations

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5 Accepted in Part
It is unclear how the Department is reconciling tensions between devolved responsibilities and administering local...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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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