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Written Question
Local Government Finance: Pilot Schemes
Thursday 20th July 2023

Asked by: Miriam Cates (Conservative - Penistone and Stocksbridge)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which local authorities have been invited to to take part in the simplification pathfinder pilot.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

The government has published a plan for simplifying the funding landscape for local authorities. This publication follows the commitment within the landmark Levelling Up White Paper, to deliver a more transparent, simple, and accountable approach to funding


The funding simplification pathfinder pilot will test the streamlined delivery of some DLUHC capital funding. All ten local authorities currently in receipt of funding from all three of the following DLUHC-administered capital programmes are eligible to participate in the pilot:

  • Future High Streets Fund
  • Town Deal funding
  • Regeneration funding from round one of the Levelling Up Fund

We will shortly be publishing further information about the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot, including the authorities that have confirmed their participation in the pilot.

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