Investment Zones: South Yorkshire

(asked on 17th January 2024) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the South Yorkshire Investment Zone on the creation of skilled jobs and businesses in Rother Valley Constituency.


Answered by
Jacob Young Portrait
Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 25th January 2024

Communities across South Yorkshire, including your constituents in Rother Valley, all stand to benefit from the estimated 8,000 new jobs and £1.2 billion of private funding by 2030, this Investment Zone will help to deliver.

People from Rother Valley will see blockers to growth in their area, such as challenges attracting finance and investment, supporting business growth, and clear pathways to higher skilled jobs, reduced. This could be through potential support for specialist training programmes tailored to industry and support for local businesses in the sector’s supply chains, helping drive more business activity and productivity.

This Government is continuing to work with South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and local partners to co-develop the plans for their Advanced Manufacturing Investment Zone, including agreeing priority development sites and specific interventions to drive cluster growth, ahead of final confirmation of plans.

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