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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2020 to Question 95648, how many local authorities have agreed a Reopening High Streets Safely Fund contract; and what the value of those agreed contracts is.

The department is in the process of agreeing contracts with 310 local authorities across England. The total value of the fund is £50 million. Local authorities are entitled to claim their full allocation on eligible activity up until 31 March 2021.