Fiona Bruce
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(13 years, 2 months ago)
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Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (LD)
2. What recent progress he has made in establishing local enterprise partnerships.
Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con)
7. What recent progress he has made in establishing local enterprise partnerships.
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr Mark Prisk)
I am pleased to say that we are making good progress with regard to local enterprise partnerships. Indeed, I can announce today that we have cleared the London enterprise partnership. That brings us to a total of 31, covering 87% of England's population.
Mr Prisk
As the hon. Lady knows and we have discussed, Dorset has the challenge that Poole and Bournemouth face eastwards economically but the rest of the county does not. So we have worked with local partners, and offered them an opportunity: once they have decided, they will come back to us and we will help to ensure that they progress with their enterprise partnership as quickly as possible.
Fiona Bruce
Can the Minister advise on the timings of the announcements of the agreement of new LEPs? How is he guaranteeing private sector leadership for LEPs?