Third Report - Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up
Select Committee
Business and Trade Committee
HC 566
22 July 2021
Government response
Seventh Special Report - Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report · published 3 Dec 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
7 results
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Recommendation
Accepted
The impact of Covid-19 has not been uniform, and the extent of these differences may...
Recommendation
The impact of Covid-19 has not been uniform, and the extent of these differences may not be known for some time. The Government should factor detailed analysis of the impact of Covid-19 into its planning for, and delivery of, the …
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Government Response Summary
The government accepts the recommendation, recognizing the importance of factoring COVID-19 impacts into levelling up. It is undertaking a program of work to understand structural shifts and will continue to work closely with the Levelling Up Task Force to integrate this analysis into planning and delivery.
Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation
Accepted
The current available documents on the policy instruments the Government aims to use to level...
Recommendation
The current available documents on the policy instruments the Government aims to use to level up—the Conservative Party Manifesto, its submission to this inquiry and the 2021 Queen’s Speech—show a wide ranging and disjointed programme of random policies from an …
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Government Response Summary
The government commits to publishing the Levelling Up White Paper, which will articulate how livelihoods will be improved across the country, with further details on plans to be included in the paper.
Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 45
The funding available to achieve levelling up is disparate and lacking any overall coherent strategic...
Recommendation
The funding available to achieve levelling up is disparate and lacking any overall coherent strategic purpose or focus. Individual departments should be clear on what their contribution to levelling up will be in line with a clear strategy and agenda.
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Government Response Summary
The government states its commitment to levelling up and explains that it uses Spending Review priority outcomes and Outcome Delivery Plans to ensure departmental contributions are aligned with a clear strategy. Updated outcomes and metrics will be published at the next Spending Review.
Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation
Accepted
Funding for levelling up should be explicitly and directly linked to the identified issues that...
Recommendation
Funding for levelling up should be explicitly and directly linked to the identified issues that the Government are seeking to address, with clear metrics on what that money is seeking to deliver. There is an inequality in the capacity of …
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Government Response Summary
The government states its commitment to levelling up and explains that it uses Spending Review priority outcomes and Outcome Delivery Plans to link departmental contributions and provide accountability. Updated outcomes and metrics will be published at the next Spending Review.
Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 62
We also recommend that the Cities and Local Growth Unit work with the Office for...
Recommendation
We also recommend that the Cities and Local Growth Unit work with the Office for National Statistics to agree a uniform set of local economic metrics to determine progress in achieving them.
Government Response Summary
The government states it already has a system for agreeing provisional priority outcomes and metrics across departments, which are embedded in Outcome Delivery Plans. It notes that updated priority outcomes and metrics will be published at the next Spending Review to ensure departmental accountability.
Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 77
We recommend that the Government should set out what it envisages a ‘levelled up UK’...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government should set out what it envisages a ‘levelled up UK’ would look like and agree a set of metrics by which progress towards this vision can be measured. We recommend that the assessments should be …
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Government Response Summary
The government states it is already committed to levelling up and has published priority outcomes and Outcome Delivery Plans that set out strategy and planning information. It commits to publishing updated priority outcomes and metrics at the next Spending Review.
Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation
Accepted
The Government needs to set metrics on levelling up for each Department.
Recommendation
The Government needs to set metrics on levelling up for each Department. Performance against these metrics should be published annually and monitored by the National Audit Office. (Paragraph 78) Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up 35
Government Response Summary
The government states its commitment to levelling up and explains that it uses Spending Review priority outcomes and Outcome Delivery Plans to set metrics for departments and ensure accountability. Updated priority outcomes and metrics will be published at the next Spending Review.
Department for Business and Trade
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