Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many areas with priority (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 made bids to the first round of the Levelling Up Fund.
The first round of the Levelling Up Fund will invest £1.7 billion in 105 local infrastructure projects across the UK. Citizens across the UK can expect to see projects getting underway from early 2022. As set out in the Levelling Up Fund Explanatory Note, a total of 305 Levelling Up Fund bids were received on or before the 18 June 2021 and were assessed in accordance with the approach outlined in the Levelling Up Fund Technical Note.
All successful bids have been published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/levelling-up-fund-first-round-successful-bidders