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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of expenditure related to the covid-19 outbreak that the Government will reimburse local authorities for.

The Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government continues to work closely with local authorities in the UK to manage the impacts of Covid-19 on our society.

The Government has now made £3.2 billion available to local authorities through an un-ringfenced grant so they can address pressures they are facing in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In relation to this additional funding, the Government has asked local government to prioritise the following service areas during the Covid-19 crisis: adult social care; children’s services; public health; fire and rescue services; waste management services; shielding the clinically vulnerable people; homelessness and rough sleeping; domestic abuse; managing excess deaths.