Chris Elmore – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Elmore on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote investment in former coalfield communities.

Andrew Percy

In England, local investment is mainly determined by Local Enterprise Partnerships based on their local economic growth priorities and funded through programmes such as City Deals, Devolution Deals, the Local Growth Fund and Enterprise Zones.

My officials continue to work with the Coalfields Regeneration Trust to support former coalfields communities.

Local growth is a devolved issue in the rest of the UK.