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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to ensure that deprived areas of London are able to receive funding through the Levelling Up Fund.

The second round of the Fund will continue to use the Index of Priority Places to target funding at areas across the UK which are most in need.

In the first round of the Fund, six successful projects were funded in London, and were allocated a total of £65 million. We will welcome bids from eligible applicants across the UK including London boroughs with remaining bid allocations in the second round of the Fund.