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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31832 on Coalfields Regeneration Trust, whether she has considered the correspondence from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust dated 22 January 2025 on their request for capital funding.

I recognise that the proud history of our coalfields communities must be matched with a proud future. The work done by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust with over 850 community organisations to tackle the social and economic challenges facing coalfield communities has made great progress towards this.

We are committed to working in partnership to invest in and empower the nation’s former coalfield locations, so that they can kickstart growth in their area, and increase living standards. That’s why we have already announced planning reforms, devolution, our plans to make work pay, and a settlement to fix the foundations of local government. This will support coalfields to build their future.

We remain committed to the Government's mission to kickstart economic growth. The Government will set out its long-term vision for local growth at HM Treasury’s 2025 multi-year spending review.