Recommendation 23

We have heard from representatives from the Welsh and Scottish Governments, officials from Northern Ireland, and from English local authorities, all of which have said that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) was not a sufficient replacement for previous European funding. However, the DLUHC has assured us that the UKSPF is indeed a sufficient replacement. We have endeavoured to reconcile these differing views and better to understand what the reality of the funding situation is. the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Select Committee and the Scottish Affairs Select Committee have also spent time trying to get to the root of the disagreement between recipients and the Government on the sufficiency of these funds. However, all the evidence we have received has said that the UKSPF is not a sufficient replacement.