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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many bids were received for funding from the Community Renewal Fund from (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England.

Applications were submitted to UK Government for assessment by lead authorities in Great Britain, and by local applicants in Northern Ireland. We expect to support a range of projects by theme and size, but applicants were encouraged to maximise impact and deliverability through larger projects (£500,000+) where possible. Successful UK Community Renewal Fund bids will be for 2021/22 only and should be scaled accordingly.

There has been significant interest in the Community Renewal Fund across the four investment priorities and bids are being assessed in line with the published assessment process. Outcomes will be announced in due course and bidders informed. We will provide further guidance on Community Renewal Fund as soon as possible, to enable bidders to plan for delivery once decisions have been announced.