Local Government Finance: Cornwall

(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to provide funding to Cornwall Council to compensate for the loss of EU funding; and when that funding will be made available.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 25th January 2022

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will ramp up to £1.5 billion per year in 2024-25 and total funding will at a minimum match the size of EU funds in all nations, each year. The Government will also match current EU funding levels in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The UKSPF will focus on restoring a sense of community, local pride and belonging across the country. The UKSPF will act as a primary lever in levelling up people and places in all parts of the UK to empower places to identify, and build on, their own strengths and needs at a local level.

The Government will publish further details on the fund in due course.

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