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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what account the Government plans to take of regional and national inequalities when resources from the Shared Prosperity Fund are being allocated.

The Government continues to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. We recognise the experience of the Devolved Administrations in delivering European funding and will want to hear their views on how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund works across all four nations, including the way in which it will tackle inequalities. We will consult on the new fund later this year, as committed in the Industrial Strategy.