Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 195098 on Buildings: Disability, on what date he plans to publish the results of research his Department commissioned into demographics, ergonomic requirements and experiences of disabled people, as part of a full review relating to Part M of the Building Regulations.
Answered by Lee Rowley
Announcements will be made in due course.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 195098 on Buildings: Disability, when he plans to publish the results of the research on the demographics, ergonomic requirements and experiences of disabled people commissioned as part of the review relating to part M of the building regulations.
Answered by Lee Rowley
I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 195098 on 6 September 2023.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Levelling Up Fund Round 3: explanatory and methodology note on the decision-making process, published on 20 November 2023, whether his Department requested feedback on the approach taken in previous rounds from local authorities.
Answered by Jacob Young
On 20 November it was announced that the third round of the Levelling Up Fund will invest £1 billion in 55 projects across Great Britain. This will build on the success of rounds one and two which saw £3.8 billion awarded to 216 projects across the UK.
Listening to feedback from parliamentarians and local government, we decided not to run an additional competition, instead drawing on the pool of existing bids submitted at Round 2 which we were not able to fund earlier in the year but were assessed as high quality and ready-to-deliver.
This new approach builds on the approach set out in the Funding Simplification Plan and is intended to maximise efficiency and reduce burdens on applicants.
The Secretary of State informed the LGA conference, in July, that Round 3 would take a new approach and in October confirmed the intention to announce ahead of the autumn statement.
I made an Oral Statement on the 20 November and further details on project selection are set out in our published methodology note. Following rounds 1 and 2 of the Fund, ministers and officials held feedback discussions with unsuccessful local authorities.
Before the announcement, officials from my department undertook appropriate due diligence to gauge the viability of the Round 3 selection.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities were informed of the methodology for the decision-making process for selecting successful bids to Round 3 of the Levelling Up Fund before his Department's publication on 20 November 2023.
Answered by Jacob Young
On 20 November it was announced that the third round of the Levelling Up Fund will invest £1 billion in 55 projects across Great Britain. This will build on the success of rounds one and two which saw £3.8 billion awarded to 216 projects across the UK.
Listening to feedback from parliamentarians and local government, we decided not to run an additional competition, instead drawing on the pool of existing bids submitted at Round 2 which we were not able to fund earlier in the year but were assessed as high quality and ready-to-deliver.
This new approach builds on the approach set out in the Funding Simplification Plan and is intended to maximise efficiency and reduce burdens on applicants.
The Secretary of State informed the LGA conference, in July, that Round 3 would take a new approach and in October confirmed the intention to announce ahead of the autumn statement.
I made an Oral Statement on the 20 November and further details on project selection are set out in our published methodology note. Following rounds 1 and 2 of the Fund, ministers and officials held feedback discussions with unsuccessful local authorities.
Before the announcement, officials from my department undertook appropriate due diligence to gauge the viability of the Round 3 selection.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Odsal Stadium regeneration bid for Levelling Up Fund Round 3 was rejected.
Answered by Jacob Young
On 20 November it was announced that the third round of the Levelling Up Fund will invest £1 billion in 55 projects across Great Britain. This will build on the success of rounds one and two which saw £3.8 billion awarded to 216 projects across the UK.
Listening to feedback from parliamentarians and local government, we decided not to run an additional competition, instead drawing on the pool of existing bids submitted at Round 2 which we were not able to fund earlier in the year but were assessed as high quality and ready-to-deliver.
This new approach builds on the approach set out in the Funding Simplification Plan and is intended to maximise efficiency and reduce burdens on applicants.
The Secretary of State informed the LGA conference, in July, that Round 3 would take a new approach and in October confirmed the intention to announce ahead of the autumn statement.
I made an Oral Statement on the 20 November and further details on project selection are set out in our published methodology note. Following rounds 1 and 2 of the Fund, ministers and officials held feedback discussions with unsuccessful local authorities.
Before the announcement, officials from my department undertook appropriate due diligence to gauge the viability of the Round 3 selection.