PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Local Government Finance: Dorset (18 December 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the applications from Christchurch and East Dorset Councils for an award under Part A of the Transformation Challenge Award Scheme 2015-16 satisfied the criteria for such awards; and for what reason the bid was unsuccessful.

Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

The application from Christchurch and East Dorset Councils for the 2015-16 Transformation Challenge Award satisfied the basic criteria as published in the prospectus for the expression of interest stage. The authorities were then invited to submit a full application. The application was assessed alongside all other applications but unfortunately we could not fund them all. Christchurch and East Dorset Councils’ application was not as strong as the successful applications.

If the authorities have any questions regarding their application, my officials would be happy to answer them.

Answered by:
Kris Hopkins (Conservative)
5 January 2015