Levelling-up Fund Round 2 Debate
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Stephanie Peacock
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Levelling-up Fund Round 2
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Lucy Frazer
I do not believe the UKSPF funding was allocated like that. Greater Manchester got £98 million. Of course it is important that the areas that need it are assessed, which is the basis on which we assessed the £2 billion-worth of funding we announced this morning.
Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East) (Lab)
Barnsley East has been rejected for funding again, yet the Prime Minister’s wealthy constituency received funding in both rounds. Will the Minister stop pretending that levelling-up funding is about helping areas that need it most and accept that there are serious questions to answer about how and where it is allocated?
Lucy Frazer
The hon. Lady should look at the technical note, which will be published in due course, to see how the assessments were made.