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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the expected timescale for Phase 2 of the Levelling Up Fund; and if he will make a statement.

The prospectus published at Budget provides guidance for local areas on how to submit bids for the first round of funding for projects starting in 2021-22. There will be future opportunities to bid in subsequent rounds. Further detail on how the Levelling Up Fund will operate from 2022-23 onwards will be set out later this year.