Select Committee · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Funding for Levelling Up

Status: Closed Opened: 20 Oct 2022 Closed: 18 Mar 2024 14 recommendations 20 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry will look at the funds available for levelling-up and how effectively resources are directed to those areas most in need. The Committee’s inquiry will examine questions around the allocation of levelling-up resources and the aim, size and focus of the many different funds available. The inquiry will also explore how far the Government’s …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Sixth Report - Funding for Levelling Up	HC 744	26 May 2023	34	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

7 Recommendation Sixth Report - Funding for Levelling Up Accepted in Part

Simplify Levelling Up funding streams, reduce competitive pots, and provide adequate core funding.

The Government must follow through on its commitment to simplify funding streams and reduce requirements to access competitive pots. The DLUHC must also seek to reduce the number of competitive funding pots. By reducing the number of such pots, by simplifying the funding landscape, and by making the process more …

Government response. The government highlights its published plan for simplifying the funding landscape and its commitment to launch a Funding Simplification Doctrine in 2024, which will guide departments on funding methodologies, including allocative approaches where suitable. It points to the UKSPF as …

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions

Date	Witnesses
30 Jan 2023	Rt Hon Sadiq Khan · Mayor of London	View ↗
23 Jan 2023	Dehenna Davison · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Jessica Blakely · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	View ↗
12 Dec 2022	Andy Burnham · Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Andy Street · Mayor of the West Midlands, Dominic McCullough · Northern Ireland Department of Finance, Laura McDonald · Northern Ireland Department of Finance, Maeve Hamilton · Northern Ireland Department for the Economy, Tony Simpson · Northern Ireland Department of Finance, Tracy Brabin MP · Mayor of West Yorkshire, Vaughan Gething MS · Welsh Government	View ↗
28 Nov 2022	Councillor Kevin Bentley · Local Government Association, Geoff Raw · Brighton and Hove City Council, Georgina Blakemore · Epping Forest District Council, John Swinney MSP · Scottish Government, Matt O'Neill · Barnsley Council	View ↗
14 Nov 2022	Adam Hawksbee · Onward, James Morrison · Robert Gordon University, Paul Swinney · Centre for Cities, Professor Steve Fothergill · Sheffield Hallam University	View ↗

Correspondence

32 letters

Date	Direction	Title
8 Nov 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Secretary of State concerning the Committee’s report into fundi…
21 Sep 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State dated 19 September 2023 concern…
11 Jul 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 5 July 2023 concer…
27 Apr 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 24 April 2023 conc…
25 Apr 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 21 April 2023 conc…
29 Mar 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Permanent Secretaries of the Northern Ireland Department of Fin…
14 Mar 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Levelling Up dated 13 March concernin…
14 Mar 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Levelling Up dated 13 March concernin…
21 Feb 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 14 February 2023 f…
7 Feb 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Levelling Up dated 6 February 2023 co…
24 Jan 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 19 January 2023 co…
24 Jan 2023	To cttee	Letter from the DLUHC Permanent Secretary to the Chair dated 23 January 2023 co…
23 Jan 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 20 January 2023 co…
17 Jan 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Economy, Welsh Government, to the Chair dated 9 Ja…
10 Jan 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 20 December 2022 c…
10 Jan 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chairman of the Local Government Association People and Places …
10 Jan 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery,…
13 Dec 2022	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 12 December 2022 c…
13 Dec 2022	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Levelling Up to the Chair dated 5 December 2022 co…
13 Dec 2022	To cttee	Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Chair dated 8 December 2…