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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the diversity of board membership on Local Enterprise Partnerships.

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) bring together business and civic leaders across a functional economic area to prioritise investment to where it will most effectively drive growth. Decisions on Board composition are made locally. At the first meeting of LEP Chairs on 19 of June, the Prime Minister stressed the importance that LEP leadership truly represents the communities they serve, highlighting the significant progress on gender diversity made in FTSE100 companies in recent years. The forthcoming ministerial led review of LEPs will provide more detail on the Government’s expectations.