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General Committees
Draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 Draft Growth Duty: Statutory Guidance Refresh - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) investment and about 4% of UK GDP. - Speech Link
2: Rushanara Ali (Lab - Bethnal Green and Bow) Understandably, many respondents to the Government’s consultation shared concerns, with 25% opposing - Speech Link
3: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) Why does Britain not have a sovereign wealth fund? - Speech Link
4: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) We cannot deliver the revenue that allows us to set up something like a sovereign wealth fund without - Speech Link
5: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) economy that is better able to attract businesses to our shores, innovate, serve households and deliver prosperity - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Derbyshire County Council - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Toby Perkins (Lab - Chesterfield) The point he makes is a very valid one.When the UK and Derbyshire were both run by Labour administrations - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) , the levelling up fund, the community ownership fund, the future high streets fund, the long-term plan - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dines (Con - Derbyshire Dales) There is also the shared prosperity fund. - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Cabinet Office

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Defending Britain
Document: (PDF)

Found: values and prosperity.


Select Committee
Correspondence from Rebecca Pow MP, Minister for Nature, regarding the Committee's letter on its Urban Green Spaces inquiry, dated 18 April 2024

Correspondence Apr. 23 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: connect with nature and can be a foundation for social capital which underpins local opportunity and prosperity


Written Question
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated from the (a) UK Community Renewal Fund, (b) Levelling Up Fund, (c) Community Ownership Fund and (d) UK Shared Prosperity Fund to projects in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) England and (iv) Northern Ireland (A) overall and (B) in each financial year for which figures are available; and if he will publish a breakdown by project.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Information on the projects that these funds have supported and the dates when commitments were announced are publicly available and can be found on gov.uk:

Delivery of UKSPF is delegated to local authorities.


Select Committee
Ericsson
SMC0006 - Supporting mobile connectivity

Written Evidence Apr. 22 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: The current Ofcom thresholds of 2Mbps 4G coverage in relation to the Shared Rural Network (SRN) is


Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: The six-monthly report on Hong Kong: 1 July to 31 December 2023. 37p.
Document: Six-Monthly_Report_on_Hong_Kong_July_to_December_2023.pdf (PDF)

Found: The Chief Executive described Hong Kong as “advancing from stability to prosperity ”, stress ing this


Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF)

Found: ● Adult education, including basic skills, the National Skills Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) In 2019, the UK Government announced plans to outlaw no-fault eviction notices. - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) Soaring service charges are placing an intolerable financial strain on leaseholders and those with shared - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) So far, we have awarded about £103 million to 333 projects across the UK. - Speech Link
4: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) Gentleman’s constituency has itself benefited from £11.1 million of UK shared prosperity funding and - Speech Link
5: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) deliver this project, because I know that she is absolutely committed to ensuring that the levelling-up fundUK - Speech Link


Written Question
Regional Planning and Development: Dorset
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Tobias Ellwood (Conservative - Bournemouth East)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much levelling up funding his Department has allocated to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

BCP Council have received a variety of levelling up support since 2019, including through some specific awards such as:

  • £20 million of Levelling Up Fund investment;
  • £4.2 million in Core UK Shared Prosperity Funding and £1.7 million in Multiply for BCP investing in communities focused on building pride in place, supporting high quality skills training, employment and productivity growth, and increasing life chances;
  • £1 million in Towns Accelerator Funding, designed to kick start local projects: driving growth and improving prospects for communities; and
  • £21.7 million Town Deal for Bournemouth to regenerate the town and deliver long-term economic and productivity growth. This is through investments in urban regeneration, digital and physical connectivity, skills, heritage and enterprise infrastructure.