Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the Union.

The UK Government is committed to delivering for citizens across the UK. The Autumn Budget was a budget for the whole of the United Kingdom, including first allocations of levelling up funds UK-wide. This spending review also provided the largest annual block grants for Devolved Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since 1998.

We are committed to working collaboratively with the Devolved Governments to deliver in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our response to Covid-19 has shown we are at our strongest when we work and come together as one United Kingdom. We will continue to work together across the UK as we recover from the pandemic.