76874 FOI Economic Devlopment

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:
•    Was it an individual bid, package bid or joint bid with another LA
•    If joint bid please specify the other LA / LAs
•    If joint bid which LA was the lead LA?
•    What was the value of capital grant being requested from the UK Government (Section 3c of the Levelling Up Fund Application Form)?
•    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.
•    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?
•    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?