Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and East of England Local Government Association entitled Levelling Up in the East of England: the Region’s Progress towards the Government’s Twelve Levelling Up Missions, published on 13 December 2022, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to implement the recommendations in that report on improving alignment of her Department's policies with those of other Departments on (a) health, (b) the economy and (c) income and benefits.

To facilitate cross-Government working on the Levelling Up agenda, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities leads a group including ministers from all Departments. The group provides support, challenge, and accountability to drive progress on the missions.