Equality

(asked on 7th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of changes in regional inequality across the UK.


Answered by
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 20th December 2016

The Government is committed to delivering an economy that works for everyone. We have established the £12 billion Local Growth Fund (2015-16 to 2020-21) for local areas; agreed 8 Devolution Deals; and established 36 Enterprise Zones, unlocking a further £2.6 billion of private sector investment.

We have made significant progress in addressing regional inequality across the UK. The latest Growth Value Added (GVA) data in England shows that between 2014 and 2015, 6 English regions (North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East of England, South East and South West) had stronger GVA growth per head of population than London.[i]

[i] Source: ONS Regional Gross Value Added (Income Approach), adjusted for inflation, Table 2: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/datasets/regionalgrossvalueaddedincomeapproach

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