Regional Planning and Development

(asked on 22nd September 2021) - 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 he will take to ensure that (a) York and (b) other local authority areas with high rates of inequality are included as part of the Government's Levelling Up agenda.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 25th October 2021

The Government is committed to levelling up across the UK. We will empower local leaders; boost living standards, particularly when they are lower; spread opportunity and improve public services, particularly where they are lacking; and restore local pride


York Central has already been designated an Enterprise Zone and Government is investing over £77 million for the York Central Project, to unlock 2,500 homes on this strategic city centre brownfield site. We will publish a landmark Levelling Up White Paper later this year, articulating how bold new policy interventions will improve livelihoods across the country as we recover from the pandemic and its effect on the economy and public services.

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