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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the funding allocation to the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership has been in each year since its inception; and what that funding allocation is for 2016-17.

Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership is currently directing and influencing a significant growth programme of nearly £1 billion of investment. This includes £69.8 million which was recently announced for its third growth deal, bringing the total award through the Local Growth Fund to £320.9 million for 2015-2021. Further details of this funding are published here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585215/Lancashire_Factsheet.pdf