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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will have discussions with local authorities on the processes used to determine the purposes for which publicly-funded buildings can be used.

Councils are independent, democratic bodies responsible for managing their own estates. Local authorities are best placed to decide how best to use local buildings to benefit communities, and while the government has no involvement in such decisions, we would always seek to ensure that taxpayers receive value for money.