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 working alongside local decision makers when allocating levelling up funding.
The department has used a range of criteria and approaches to ensure all levelling up funds are distributed fairly and equitably around the UK. We have been transparent throughout, publishing our criteria, assessment methodology and decisions on GOV.UK.
The department works closely with local government in all parts of the UK.