Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has been made on distributing Levelling Up Round 2 funding to successful bids.

Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund will invest up to £2.1 billon in 111 successful bids across the UK. A first tranche of payments was made in March. We are making good progress onboarding Round 2 projects, with inception meetings being held. We expect to make further payments by July.