Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Conclusion 16
Sixth Report - Funding for Levelling Up
Published 26 May 2023
Paragraph 63
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Index for Multiple Deprivation (IMD) has for a long time been widely considered to be the most efficient way of determining ‘need’. As such, we do not agree with the DLUHC’s decision to move away from the use of the long established IMD to determine priority areas one to three. We acknowledge that the DLUHC changed its use of metrics in the second round of the Levelling Up Fund. Nevertheless, it is still not clear what data sets were used for the amended process in round two or why they sought such a complicated process for round one, when local authorities have ample access to data and arguably understand their areas best.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Sixth Report - Funding for Levelling Up (HC 744), paragraph 63, 26 May 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 October 2023 (deadline 26 July 2023).