Question

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on identifying areas not included in the first and second wave of City Deals to be prioritised for subsequent initiatives.

Building on the success of City Deals, we extended the opportunity to every Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in the Country, to negotiate a bespoke Growth Deal with Government.

These Growth Deals, announced in July, put significant funding into the hands of LEPs, and saw the agreement of significant new freedoms and flexibilities. In Lancaster, £17m of Growth Deal funding (with £58m of private match) will establish new facilities at the Lancaster Health Innovation Park.