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Seventh Special Report - Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report

Published 3 December 2021

Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up - local and regional structures and the delivery of economic growth Report on parliament.uk ↗

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The government's response

This document responds to Third Report - Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up.

This is the government's response, published 3 December 2021.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response welcomes the Committee's report as a contribution to the forthcoming Levelling Up White Paper, accepting some recommendations while stating it has answered others only "insofar as possible without prejudicing live policy development".

  • On Covid-19 analysis, it "recognise[s] the importance" of factoring this into levelling up planning and says it is undertaking "a programme of work" to understand structural shifts in the economy, to feed into the agenda.
  • On a coherent plan, it is "committed to publishing" the Levelling Up White Paper and says "Further detail on our plans will be included" there, without giving a date or a detailed road map.
  • On departmental contributions, it "agree[s] with the Committee's recommendation" and says the White Paper "will assist in setting out how the work of different Departments fits into a wider Levelling Up strategy".
  • On metrics and accountability, it points to Spending Review 2020 priority outcomes and Outcome Delivery Plans, and says "Updated priority outcomes and metrics will be published at the next Spending Review."

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