Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have applied for funding from the Reopening High Streets Safely Fund to date.
The Reopening High Streets Safely Fund has been allocated to all local authorities in England with responsibility for managing high streets (314). Local Authorities have until 31 March 2021 to spend their allocation. The full list of allocations was published on 29 May and can be found in Annex A of the Fund Guidance.