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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to replicate the level of funding to support disabled people into work provided by the European Social Fund in the UK Shared Prosperity Fund after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will support people to contribute and benefit from economic growth.

Taking its lead from the Industrial Strategy, the Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by investing in the foundations of productivity.

We intend to consult on the UKSPF this year, as we committed to do in our Industrial Strategy.