Speeches

Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-07-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central government funding has been provided to each combined authority in each year since those combined authorities have been established.

Andrew Percy

The funding provided to combined authorities is agreed through Devolution Deals and City Deals (where applicable). These deals are individually negotiated agreements that include funding as well as the devolution of additional powers and flexibilities. The funding shown below has been provided directly by the government to each combined authority since they were established.

Combined Authority

Financial year

Overall total (£m)

Greater Manchester 1/4/2011*

2011/12

223.9

2012/13

59.6

2013/14

81.1

2014/15

182.6

2015/16

241.9

2016/17

290.3

North East 15/4/2014*

2014/15

27.4

2015/16

117.1

2016/17

132.0

West Yorkshire/ Leeds 1/4/2014*

2014/15

72.3

2015/16

120.0

2016/17

182.6

Tees Valley 1/4/2016*

2016/17

15.7

West Midlands 17/6/2016*

2016/17

85.1

Sheffield City Region 1/4/2014*

2014/15

26.0

2015/16

82.6

2016/17

101.2

Liverpool City Region 1/4/2014*

2014/15

28.3

2015/16

60.1

2016/17

98.9

*Date established