Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Levelling Up Fund Round 3 will be the final round of funding; and how much funding will be made available in this round.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 127879 on 24 January 2023.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to open applications for the Levelling Up Fund Round 3.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 127879 on 24 January 2023.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of 9 January 2023 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Official Report, column 255, on Interest Rates and Inflation: Inequality and Levelling Up, whether the additional funding to that originally forecast and increase in the pot to be shared out from £1.7bn to £2.1bn referred to in that answer constitute newly allocated money or a redistribution of funds from elsewhere in the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund; and whether that additional funding will be provided in Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund or used to top up projects which have been allocated funding in Round 1 of the Levelling Up Fund.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Levelling up remains a key priority for this Government. As outlined on the 9 January, the Government intends to allocate up to £2.1 billion through the second round of the Levelling Up Fund – an increase from the £1.7 billion previously referenced by the Chancellor at the autumn budget.
This funding will be awarded from the £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund. I look forward to this Government announcing the outcome of the second round by the end of January.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many expressions of interest his Department received for the establishment of Investment Zones.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Expression of Interest for Investment Zones under the previous administration, launched on 2 October 2022, received submissions from 76 Authorities, for 626 potential sites.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93530 on UK Shared Prosperity Fund, for what reason the £400 million allocated towards levelling up, under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for financial year 2022-23 was included in the accompanying document for the Chancellor's Spring Statement of March 2022 but omitted from the accompanying document for Chancellor's Autumn Statement of November 2022.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
There has been no change to UKSPF funding allocations.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the £400m Shared Prosperity Fund funding allocated for 2022-23 has been (a) spent or (b) returned to the Exchequer.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
There has been no change to UKSPF funding.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to amend the budget for the Affordable Homes Programme following the Autumn Statement 2022.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
We remain committed to the Affordable Homes Programme, which will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether (a) he, (b) his predecessor and (c) other Ministers in his Department have used personal email addresses to conduct Government business during the 2022-23 parliamentary Session.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
There is a place for the use of a variety of digital channels in fast moving modern environments. Ministers will have informal conversations from time to time, in person or remotely, and relevant content from such discussions is passed back to officials. They will also use a variety of digital communications channels for personal, political and Parliamentary matters.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his Department's policy to develop investment zones.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Announcements on policy will be made in the usual way.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential growth that may be generated by Investment Zones in the UK, at the earliest available opportunity after bids have been received.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The published guidance made clear, the government anticipates setting up a specific number of Investment Zones where it can be demonstrated they will have the greatest impact on growth and housing supply.
While the precise number is still to be determined, places were required to set out the potential economic impact of their proposals in the Expression of Interest. We are currently assessing those EOIs received and will be able to say more when this is complete.