Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many local authority applications to the One Public Estate programme were (a) joint applications and (b) applications by a sole local authority in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

The One Public Estate (OPE) programme has held six application rounds since the programme began in 2013. 210 applications have been received in total, including 122 applications made by groups of local authorities, and 88 by sole local authorities. It is important to note that whilst OPE partnerships are local authority-led, they comprise wider public sector partners, including central government departments. A yearly breakdown of applications is shown in the table below.

One Public Estate carries out a rigorous assessment process against published criteria. Not all applications submitted were successful.