Chuka Umunna – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chuka Umunna on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when (a) due diligence will be completed and (b) funds will be drawn down by winning bidders under the Local Growth Fund.

Greg Clark

Growth Deals were announced with all 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on 7 July. This followed a highly competitive process in which the Government assessed LEP Strategic Economic Plans against the published assessment criteria including value for money and deliverability. The funding for these deals will be in place for all LEPs by April 2015.