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1041577

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date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a timetable for announcing the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	208800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas and providing clarity on the future of local growth funding, once we have left the European Union. Therefore we intend to publish our consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:06:12 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1041753

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207170 on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, if he will list the (a) engagement events that took place and (b) the region and nation in which they took place.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Over the past year we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We spoke to businesses, public bodies, educational institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. Events have taken place in regions across the UK in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These stakeholder events form part of a larger programme of engagement, which includes our public consultation which we intend to publish shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date we have held 22 engagement events which are listed below:</p><p> </p><p>Four events in Belfast</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Four events in Cardiff</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Derry Londonderry</p><p>Dundee</p><p>Two events in Edinburgh</p><p>Gateshead</p><p>Glasgow</p><p>Huddersfield</p><p>London</p><p>Loughborough</p><p>Norwich</p><p>Preston</p><p>Truro<br></p><p>We are also continuing to engage with stakeholders across all four nations including events in St Asaph, Edinburgh and Inverness in the next month.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 17:37:53 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1041771

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Coastal Communities Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the administration of round five of the coastal communities fund for England, (b) if he will publish the names of those winning bids for that fund, (c) how many complaints he has had about the administration of that fund and (d) how many requests he has had to halt the distribution of those funds.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	208795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p><strong>(a) </strong>A competitive tendering exercise was held to appoint a contractor to help my Department administer Round 5 of the Coastal Communities Fund. This was managed by the Crown Commercial Service under their Grants and Programmes Framework Agreement. Groundwork UK were appointed to the Framework following a rigorous selection process and met all due diligence requirements. They were selected to administer the Round 5 grant application and assessment procedures following further competitive tendering under the Framework. They have demonstrated effectively that they can deliver the detailed administration requirements of the Fund in a fair and unbiased way, drawing on their extensive experience of administering other competitive grant programmes.</p><p><strong>(b) </strong>To date 16 Round 5 ‘fast track’ applications worth £6 million have submitted successful bids to the Fund. A full list of the winning bids can be found at the gov.uk web site using the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding</a>.</p><p>We expect to announce the successful Round 5 main round winners by Spring 2019.</p><p><strong>(c) </strong>and <strong>(d) </strong>Two complaints have been received over the administration of Round 5, one of which also asked that the distribution of funds under Round 5 is halted until an independent audit of the application process is undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/01/2019 17:31:07 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead