Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for levelling up.”
Tabled: 25 May 2023Answered: 5 June 2023
Asked by
Nadia Whittome
Labour — Nottingham East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend is doing a superb job for Northumberland, and I am happy to set out what we have delivered. We have delivered more than £400 million of funding for Northumberland county council this year—a 5.8% increase—as well as an 80% increase in the number of homes on which construction has started in my hon. Friend’s area, a near £13 million increase in funding for Northumbria police, and 14 free breakfast clubs in Northumberland, supporting more than 3,000 children. That is the difference that a Labour Government makes.