PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Towns Fund (15 October 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department used to select the places which receive funding from the Towns Fund.
Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)
Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)
Answer
Ministers considered a range of factors and different methods of identifying and prioritising towns. The metrics selected and their weighting was decided based on an analysis of the policy problem and aims and was calibrated against local intelligence and feedback. Further detail can be found within the National Audit Office Review of the Town Deals selection process.
Answered by:
Luke Hall (Conservative)
20 October 2020
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