Question

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on the Northern Futures project.

The Northern Futures project has been a great success, introducing a more open and inventive style of policy making and engaging thousands of people across the North in the process.

Nearly 2,000 people are following the Northern Futures twitter account. More than 300 have attended town hall events with me in Sheffield, Leeds and Stockport. 170 gave up their time to join ‘open ideas days’ in eight cities across the North, including in Liverpool. More than 300 people attended our Northern Futures Summit in Leeds on November 6^th.

In addition, TechNorth will be established to support the region’s tech businesses.