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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding allocated through the Towns Fund has been spent by the Keighley Towns Fund via the local authority to date; and how that amount compares with the funding spent by each of the other towns awarded funding under the same Towns Fund programme, broken down by (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of each town's total allocation.

In September 2025 the Local Regeneration Fund (LRF) brought together the Levelling Up Fund, Pathfinders Pilots and Towns Deals, into a single, flexible capital pot; exemplifying this government’s commitment to pushing power to local authorities, reducing burdens and allowing them to get on with delivery.

Overall, local authorities across the UK have been allocated £6,244,132,560 in capital funding through LRF, of which £3,204,986,867 (51.3%) had been reported as spent by local authorities as at 31 March 2026 with some local authorities yet to submit their spend data for the latest reporting period.

Bradford Council manages the LRF allocation for the area , including Keighley. In total the Council has been allocated £96,768,140 in capital funding through LRF, of which £32,235,162 (33.3%) had been reported as spent as at 31 March 2026.

Decisions on managing LRF allocations rest with each authority’s Section 151 Officer or equivalent In the small number of cases where projects are no longer viable, our consolidation means that money can still be used to deliver change.We expect that councils will rescope their plans and use the funding available for a new project in the area that originally stood to benefit, so local residents can feel the improvements to their everyday lives that they have been promised within the timeline of the fund.