Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £20 million investment to help tackle loneliness will be allocated to charities and community groups in Coventry.

Loneliness does not discriminate and can affect any of us, so it is important that we take action to help people establish and maintain connections in their communities.

Of the £20 million investment to tackle loneliness:

• The £11m Building Connections Fund will support a broad range of different activities and will be open to applications from all areas of England, including Coventry. We will share details of successful applicants after the assessment has taken place and aim to fund projects across the whole of England.

• The £5m from People’s Postcode Lottery will add additional funding to existing grants across Great Britain.

• The £4m of new grants from Health Lotteries will fund projects in our most deprived communities, across most regions in England.