Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of local authorities to deliver his levelling up agenda.
The Government is committed to supporting local authorities to deliver on the objectives of all the levelling up funds. In developing funding programmes, my department has already carried out extensive engagement with local authorities to understand their needs, and provided a wealth of resources to help them deliver local growth policies.