Regional Planning and Development: York

(asked on 4th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the economic benefit to York that will result from his proposals for levelling up.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 14th February 2022

Alongside places up and down the country, York is already benefiting from considerable support to help level up, and further support was announced in the recently published Levelling Up White Paper.

The Government will be taking forward negotiations to agree a Mayoral Combined Authority deal with York and North Yorkshire, as well as inviting Hull and East Yorkshire to begin formal negotiations to agree a new County Deal. The Department for Transport’s new executive agency, Active Travel England, will be headquartered in York, alongside a number of Defra roles relocated in the city. The wider Yorkshire and the Humber region has already been awarded £187 million from Round 1 of the Levelling Up Fund for infrastructure projects to improve everyday life, and we expect to announce details of the second round in Spring.

York also benefits from a number of UK-wide initiatives. For example, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will empower local leaders to invest in local priorities to improve pride in place and life chances. Further details will be published in the Spring. Additionally, digital connectivity is being improved, with 80-90% of premises in Yorkshire and the Humber forecast to have gigabit-capable broadband by 2025, and 90% of the region anticipated to be covered by 4G mobile coverage by 2026.

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