Levelling Up: Funding Allocation Debate
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Lord Bishop of Durham
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Levelling Up: Funding Allocation
Lord Bishop of Durham Excerpts(1 year, 3 months ago)
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
My Lords, we give this money out in a very transparent way: it can all be seen on GOV.UK, and 45% of all funding from the first two rounds was given to local authorities run by the Opposition parties. I would have thought that was quite fair.
The Lord Bishop of Durham
My Lords, I welcome the new devolution deal that has been done for the north-east and look forward to the appointment of an elected mayor for the region. If this devolution deal goes ahead, which I trust it will, can His Majesty’s Government clarify what proportion of the estimated £4.2 billion of investment into the region will be truly new money that the local new mayor can allocate out?
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I thank the right reverend Prelate for that question and I will have to give him a written answer: I do not have that information on the north-east devolution deal.