Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether a proportion of the additional £400 million added to round two of the Levelling Up Fund will be allocated to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in line with the Barnett Formula.

We received a large number of high-quality applications to the Levelling Up Fund and as such made the decision to allocate additional funds for this round.

This means that up to £2.1 billion will be granted to successful bids in this round across the UK - up to £400 million more than last time.

Over the first and second round of the Fund, we have committed that at least 9% of total UK allocations will be set aside for Scotland, 5% for Wales, and 3% for Northern Ireland, subject to a suitable number of high-quality bids coming forward. This is at least as much as would have been received through Barnett consequentials.