Towns Fund
(asked on 21st July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Ministers were authorised to determine the towns that would receive funding from the Towns Fund.
This question was answered on 1st September 2020
The current Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and former Minister for the Northern Powerhouse were responsible for final decisions on which towns were selected. Ministers considered a range of factors in identifying and prioritising towns, including levels of deprivation and exposure to economic shocks.