PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Local Enterprise Partnerships: Yorkshire and the Humber (20 March 2017)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Answer
This information is not available at a national level. Through their management of local business growth capital programmes, Local Enterprise Partnerships and their accountable bodies are responsible for providing funding directly to business beneficiaries and for collecting relevant management information. I can confirm however that the Government has provided Regional Growth and Local Growth Funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships to run their business growth capital programmes as follows: -
Regional Growth Funds (RGF)
LEP | RGF Round | Total Contracted Amount |
Humber | 3 | £30m |
Leeds City Region | 3 and 4 | £25.7m |
Sheffield City Region | 3 and 4 | £32m |
York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (YNYER) | 4 | £4m |
In addition, £32m was provided to Lancaster University in RGF Round 4 to help boost economic growth in twenty large English cities (“Tier 2 Cities”), including in Yorkshire and the Humber, by supporting businesses to grow through better and more effective business growth services.
Growth Deal
LEP | Growth Deal Rounds (covering financial years 2015-2021) | Total Amount |
Humber | 1 and 3 | £12m |
Leeds City Region | 1 to 3 | £57.35 |
Sheffield City Region | 1 and 2 | £52m |
YNYER LEP is making up to £10.6m available to support businesses in its area through flexibilities over the management of its Growth Deal Programme. | ||
The Government has also provided the following Growing Places Funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships in Yorkshire and the Humber, which could be used to support business investment projects to unlock economic growth and create jobs: -
Growing Places Fund
LEP | Capital Award |
Humber | £8.098m |
Leeds City Region | £33.481m |
Sheffield City Region | £17.167m |
YNYER | £8.663m |
Answered by:
Margot James (Conservative)
30 March 2017
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