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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of promoting oikophilia in communities.

Restoring local pride is a critical part of the levelling up agenda. Pride in Place is one of the twelve missions set out in the Levelling Up White Paper. It brings together both the physical and social drivers that affect people's perception of place, including their sense of community and home. The Government is deepening our understanding of the evidence that drives local pride, and working with experts to understand the merits and efficacy of many different approaches to build pride in place in communities.