Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on the Community Ownership Fund.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
The Government is determined that community groups who want to save assets at risk in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can benefit from this Fund
To ensure this, my officials have engaged counterparts across the devolved administrations, as well as stakeholders from the voluntary and community sector across the UK to inform the design of the Fund.
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether applications for the Community Ownership Fund which originate in Scotland will be processed by his Department.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
The Community Ownership Fund is a UK Government initiative to support community groups across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland save assets at risk
All applications from eligible community groups will be processed by my Department.
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to issue a prospectus for the Community Ownership Fund.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
My Department will issue the prospectus for the Community Ownership Fund shortly. In most cases, community groups will be able to make the case for up to £250,000 match funding which communities have raised themselves. The prospectus will set out detailed advice on how to structure a bid, what activity will support this, what information to include, and the criteria by which bids will be assessed.
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on his Department's role in delivering the Government's levelling up agenda.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
My Department is playing a key role in levelling up, including supporting our towns and cities to recover and thrive post-Covid, to regenerate our high streets, and to ensure all places have the capacity and capability to level up.
We are working closely with colleagues across Government to deliver our shared priorities on levelling up.