Part 1: Levelling-Up Missions Review of missions Section 6: Reviews of statements of levelling-up missions Effect
Subsections (1) to (4) establish the requirement to conduct reviews of the statement of levelling-up missions and that such reviews should be completed within a period of five years from the first day of the first mission period or within 5 years of the date of the date of publication of the report for subsequent mission periods.
	Subsection (5) sets out the purpose and content of the reviews including whether the current statement is effectively contributing to the reduction of geographical inequality across the UK and considering whether additional missions should be added.
	Subsection (6) sets out that in discharging functions under this section, a Minister of the Crown must have regard to any role devolved legislatures and devolved authorities, and carry out such consultation as the Minister considers appropriate with the devolved authorities.
	Subsection (7) establishes that the review must be laid before each House of Parliament and published as soon as is reasonably practicable after the conclusion of the review.
	Subsection (8) sets out what the report on the review should contain. The report must consider whether the Government judges the pursuit of the missions to be effectively contributing to the reduction of geographic inequality in the UK and whether they will continue to pursue those missions and, if they will not, which missions will replace the existing missions. The report must include the Government’s reasons.
	Subsection (9) disapplies the provisions of subsections (10) to (12), which relate to changes to the current statement of missions and the addition of new missions in consequence of the annual report, where the report is the last review upon that statement.
	Subsection (10) provides the ability to make amendments to the current statement of levelling-up missions or to change the methodology and metrics in the event that the report has concluded it should not continue to pursue the levelling-up missions in the current statement. It requires the Government to lay the revised statement before both Houses of Parliament as soon as possible and to publish it.
	Subsection (11) provides the ability to add missions in the current statement of levelling-up missions including the associated metrics and methodology needed to report on progress towards delivering the mission. The updated mission statement must be laid before both houses of Parliament and published.
	Subsection (12) provides for the modification of the current statements as a result of subsections (10) and (11).
Example: A review of the statement of levelling-up missions resulting in a continuation of missions
Five years has elapsed since the previous review and a Minister of the Crown initiates a review of the statement of levelling-up missions. The Minister lays a statement that affirms the existing levelling-up missions. The statement also contains an assessment of how the missions have been contributing to the reduction in geographic inequality. The statement also adds new metrics to some of the existing missions, to take account of new data that has become available from the ONS since the previous annual report, but otherwise keeps them unchanged.
	Subsection (13)(a) sets out that the Minister of the Crown must have regard to the importance of the levelling-up missions in the statement addressing both economic and social disparities in carrying out functions under this section.
	Subjection (13)(b) sets out that the Minister of the Crown must have regard to the needs of rural areas in carrying out functions under this section.