Rural Areas: Devolution
Lords · Question HL3460 · Tabled 14 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 28 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Berkeley
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to require strategic authorities with a significant rural population to set out, in their local growth plans and spatial development strategies, how rural communities will benefit from devolved investme
Answer
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 28 Sep 2026
The Government recognises that local leaders are best placed to understand and respond to the specific characteristics of their area. As such, Local Growth Plans are locally owned, allowing strategic authorities to determine how to use devolved funding an...