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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on contributing to the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will make a statement.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK. The Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government and the Department of Work and Pensions have been working closely on the development of UK Shared Prosperity Fund, in collaboration with other government departments.

The November 2020 Spending Review sets out the main strategic elements of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Government will publish a UK-wide investment framework in spring 2021 and confirm multiyear funding profiles at the next Spending Review.