Improving funding allocation to places for Levelling Up

该项目的目的是研究英国政府如何在英格兰建立一个改进的公共资金分配系统，以推动水平化。该项目将通过提出在英格兰各地之间分配资金的更好方法，基于对资助体系和由此产生的政策问题的更清晰的理解。我们将通过收集公共资金分配的现有证据来评估英格兰的现状，并通过利益相关者带来新的知识来解决问题，参与，与国家和地方决策者及其他感兴趣的团体共同制作。在这样做的时候，我们直接解决了在ESRC Sandpit过程中由Levelling Up咨询理事会（LUAC）提出的三个挑战性问题之一："如何提高稀缺公共资源使用的分配效率，以使Levelling Up受益？".其影响将是，根据不同的政策改革选择，为政府提供可采取行动的经验教训，以改善资金分配机制，如果加以推进，将对政策、人民和地方产生积极影响。为了实现这一目标，该项目将回答以下研究问题：1。联合王国有哪些资金和资金分配办法与12个"拉平任务"相关，它们在不同的机构层面和地理范围如何互动？2.供资方法如何影响在地方利用资金以最好地满足当地需求的机会？3.权力下放对现有资金的分配和使用有何影响？4.资金分配如何更好地与到位人员的优先事项保持一致？5.在英国，改善资金分配的政策改革有哪些选择？

The aim of this project is to examine how the UK Government can create an improved public funding allocation system in England to drive forward Levelling Up. This project will contribute to the Government's policy goal to level up the UK by proposing better ways of allocating funding between places in England, based on a much clearer understanding of the funding system and the policy problems arising from it. We will achieve this by drawing together existing evidence on public funding allocation to assess the current landscape in England and bring new knowledge to bear on the issues via stakeholder engagement, in coproduction with national and local policymakers and other interested groups. In doing so, we directly address one of three challenge questions posed by the Levelling Up Advisory Council (LUAC) during the ESRC Sandpit process that asks: "how can allocative efficiency in the use of scarce public resources be improved to the benefit of Levelling Up?". The impact will be to provide government with actionable lessons based on different options of policy reform for improving funding allocation mechanisms that, if taken forward, will positively impact policy, people and places. To achieve this the project will answer the following research questions:1. What funds and funding allocation approaches exist in the UK relevant to the 12 Levelling Up Missions, and how do they interact at different institutional levels and geographical scales? 2. How do funding approaches impact opportunities to utilise funding in places to best meet local needs? 3. What are the implications of devolution for the allocation and use of funding in place? 4. How can funding allocation better align with the priorities of people in place? 5. What are the options for policy reform to improve funding allocation in England?