Source · Select Committees · Treasury Committee
Recommendation 13
13
Significant elements of the Government’s levelling up agenda will be delivered through the Department for...
Conclusion
Significant elements of the Government’s levelling up agenda will be delivered through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). However, once the increases in social care funding are excluded, the spending power for this department’s activities are being kept flat or falling. If the levelling up agenda is to be carried out in a sustainable way, it may be that this will need to be reflected in the spending power of the DLUHC. This Committee awaits this Department’s forthcoming White Paper to understand how levelling up will be measured and achieved within the budgets announced. (Paragraph 79) Individual Budget measures
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
I note the Committee’s conclusions on the Spending Review. We are exceeding our commitments to replace EU funding in full, with no reduction through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). The UKSPF replaces the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). Over the last EU funding cycle, these funds were worth about £9 billion over seven years, or around £1.3 billion per year. The other European Structural and Investment Funds the Committee considers are being replaced in full elsewhere. It is also not the case that the spending power for the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is falling. Excluding Help to Buy, a time limited