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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage investment into high streets in (a) Leigh, (b) Atherton, (c) Golborne and (d) Tyldesley.

The government is determined to reverse the decline of our high streets and bring them back to life as part of our mission to drive growth, raise living standards and deliver an era of national renewal.

In December High Street Rental Auctions regulations came into force, which will help to tackle high vacancy rates in high streets across Wigan. Wigan was also recently confirmed as a recipient of the Long-Term Plan for Towns - it was confirmed at Autumn Budget that this programme would be retained and reformed as part of a new regeneration programme.