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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department makes available for renewal for coastal towns with a significant tourism industry.

We have provided £1.18 million to help establish 118 Coastal Community Teams along the English coast to empower local communities to drive forward renewal in their coastal towns. Every Team has produced an Economic Plan setting out both the short term and longer term priorities to promote jobs, tourism and economic growth. I will shortly be announcing more Coastal Community Teams.

We are also supporting our coastal towns to create jobs and investment. Under the Coastal Communities Fund the government has invested £125 million in over 200 projects across the UK to date, including £92 million which was invested in England. Over 60% of the grant awards by number and value have supported tourism and hospitality projects in coastal towns. We have identified a further £90 million to support more Coastal Community Fund projects.