To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list each shared prosperity fund stakeholder event that has taken in place with the (a) venue, (b) date and (c) list of attendees for each such event.
Answered on
8 April 2019
Since June 2018 we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We have spoken to businesses, public bodies, higher education institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. These were official level meetings that included organisations who benefit from structural funds. These events invited views on the design and priorities of the fund to aid policy development. We will consult widely on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which will give all interested parties the chance to contribute their views to Government.
To date we have held 25 engagement events in the UK which are listed below:
England:
West Midlands – Coventry – 20 June 2018
South and East Midlands – Loughborough – 2 July 2018
North East England – Gateshead – 25 July 2018
South East England – London – 5 September 2018
North West England – Preston – 11 September 2018
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly – Truro – 12 September 2018
South West England – Bristol – 25 September 2018
East of England – Norwich – 4 October 2018
Yorkshire and Humber – Huddersfield – 22 October 2018
Northern Ireland:
Belfast – 15 November 2018 (2 Events)
Derry Londonderry – 16 November 2018
Belfast – 11 January 2019 (2 Events)
Scotland:
Edinburgh – 10 October 2018
Glasgow – 1 November 2018
Dundee – 1 November 2018
Edinburgh – 2 November 2018
Edinburgh – 7 February 2019
Inverness – 8 February 2019
Wales:
Cardiff- 8 November 2018 (2 Events)
Cardiff- 9 November 2018 (2 Events)
Saint Asaph – 30 January 2019