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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made on the (a) High Street Fund and (b) the distribution of that funding to local authorities throughout the country.

Now more than ever, it is vital that we continue to?help?our local economies?by supporting?town centres and high streets?to?recover, adapt and evolve. Our £1 billion Future High Streets Fund competition will help create jobs and build more resilient local economies and communities. We are in the final stages of assessing the proposals from the 101 shortlisted applicants and expect to announce the outcome of the competition soon.