Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Acknowledged
Ensure Investment Zone policy stability to prevent wasted resources for local authorities.
Recommendation
The Investment Zone policy geared local government up to the prospect of additional funding before the goalposts were moved. Whilst we appreciate that policies sometimes necessarily evolve over time, every effort must be made to ensure that a similar situation does not occur in the future, resulting in a waste of time, effort and money for many local authorities which are already hard pressed and likewise for civil servants within DLUHC. (Paragraph 54) Data and Metrics
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the policy shift for Investment Zones was due to a new administration and states that, in the refocused policy, the department tried to minimise wasted effort for local authorities.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The committee will appreciate that investment zones were refocussed following the establishment of a new administration under a new Prime Minister. In the refocussed investment zone policy, the department has tried to ensure that, wherever possible, that the time money and efforts of local authorities did not go to waste.