Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 25 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what measures are in place to assist the economies of local authority areas not selected as enterprise zones.
DCLG officials are working closely with those local enterprise partnerships that have asked for support in driving forward local growth following an unsuccessful bid for an enterprise zone.
There are many mechanisms that local enterprise partnerships can draw upon to promote economic development. For example, local authorities can already simplify the approach to planning through local development orders and put in place super fast broadband, working with Broadband Delivery UK. Subject to the passage of the Localism Bill, authorities will be able to grant local business rate discounts from April 2012. And the Government are currently consulting on the local retention of business rates, as well as proposals for tax increment finance, both of which have the potential to provide funding to develop infrastructure.
The coalition Government have a number of policies and schemes in place to help promote local economic growth and regeneration, including the Growing Places Fund, the Regional Growth Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the Work programme and the Olympics legacy. A more detailed list is outlined in ‘The Plan for Growth’ (March 2011).
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