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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the publication entitled Levelling Up: campaign toolkit phase one, published on 12 December 2023, whether his Department sought external advice on the production of (a) the toolkit and (b) associated assets.

The campaign toolkit was developed using existing assets from the Levelling Up campaign. Please refer to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities transparency pages where we regularly publish any spend exceeding £250 at the following link.

It is not possible to determine staff numbers as colleagues have been drawn in from other duties and work areas to deliver the campaign.