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 support high street businesses in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

This Government is fully committed to supporting our high-street businesses and communities. The Department of Levelling up, Housing and Communities has announced over £62.6 million in targeted funding to South Holland and the Deepings since 2021, including:

• £20 million from the Long-Term Plan for Towns, with Spalding being one of 55 towns in need of extra levelling up support. This money will help people in Spalding to create a bespoke regeneration plan that best fits their needs;
• £2.6 million through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to support South Holland District Council to invest in their communities and place, support local businesses, and boost people’s life chances and skills;
• £20 million from the Levelling Up Fund for South Holland District Council’s Castle Sports Complex project which will see a new health and wellbeing centre, and;
• £20 million from the Levelling Up Fund for Lincolnshire County Council’s A16 Corridor Improvements’ project which should reduce congestion between Boston and Spalding.