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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating funding to the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

This government’s defining mission is growth, and we are determined that our coalfield communities are central to it. That is why we are working in partnership to invest in and empower the nation’s coalfields, so that they can boost growth, and increase living standards.

At the 2024 Autumn Budget we committed to deliver on the promises made to 75 deprived communities from the previous administration’s Long-Term Plan for Towns. The reformed plan will support several coalfield communities including: Kilmarnock, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark-on-Trent, Chesterfield, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Jarrow, Washington, Leigh, Farnworth, Castleford, Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Merthyr Tydfil and Wrexham.

We remain committed to the Government's missions to kickstart economic growth, and this will be reflected in the allocation of all further funding. As with all future funding the Government will set out its long-term vision for local growth at the 2025 multi-year spending review.