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

To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how they define the term “levelling up” when used in policy statements, (2) when they will publish their objectives for levelling up, and (3) whether they plan to set measurable targets for each objective.

Levelling up is at the heart of the Government’s agenda to build back better after the pandemic and deliver for the people of the UK

It is about empowering local leaders and communities to seize their own destiny; boosting living standards, particularly where they are lower; spreading opportunity and improving public services, particularly where they are weak; and restoring local pride across the UK.

The Government will publish a White Paper that will set out our plans in more detail.