FOI request (FOIR-400151582)

Levelling up

Requested Thu 10 February 2022
Responded Thu 17 February 2022

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:

1. How many bids did you submit for Round 1 Levelling Up Funding, by the deadline of midday 18 June 2021?

2. How many of these bids submitted for Round 1 Levelling Up Funding were rejected?

3. For each bid:

a. Was it an individual bid, package bid or joint bid with another LA?

b. If it was a joint bid, please specify the other LA/LAs.

c. If it was a joint bid, which LA was the lead LA?

d. What was the value of capital grant being requested from the UK Government (Section 3c of the Levelling Up Fund Application Form)?

e. How much of the bid was themed as Transport/Regeneration and Town Centre/Cultural (Section 3d of the Levelling Up Fund Application Form)? Please express these as a percentage, as per the application form.

f. Was the bid formally supported by an MP as a priority bid (Section 4.1a of the Levelling Up Fund Application Form)? If so, which MP and constituency?

g. Was the bid given 'wider MP (non-priority MP support)' as described in Levelling Up Technical Note, Table 1 - Stakeholder Engagement and Support? If so, which MP or MPs and constituency/constituencies?

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Response

1. None

2. Not applicable

3. Not applicable