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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to open applications to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Now we have left?the European Union, we will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the domestic?successor to EU structural funds.?Through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the Government can cut out bureaucracy and create a fund which invests in UK priorities and is easier for local areas to access.?The Government?recognises the importance of this funding for?communities across the United Kingdom and we want to ensure there is a smooth transition as we replace EU structural funds with their domestic successor.?Final decisions on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be taken?after?the upcoming Spending Review.?Further details on the fund will be announced in due course.