Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on devolution in the Cheshire West and Chester local authority area.

The Government’s manifesto committed to providing clarity for areas across England on what devolution means for different administrations. We are looking at how to design a devolution framework that provides this for local areas and intend to set out our approach in the Autumn.

As part of our work with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to develop Local Industrial Strategies, we are now working with the Cheshire and Warrington LEP as one of the next ‘wave’ of places developing ambitious proposals to drive growth across the region.