Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure infrastructure spending in Coventry will support local employment and training.

The National Infrastructure Strategy sets out our approach to investing in local areas throughout the UK, including with £100bn of capital investment in 21/22. In Coventry, this includes for example, upgrading the A46 Coventry Junctions, a share of the £4.2bn intra-city transport settlements from 2022/23, and investment from the Future High Streets Fund. Coventry will also be able to apply to the new £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund to invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life, and £1.5 billion of capital funding to bring the entire FE college estates up to a good condition, as well as £180m of additional capital funding on skills to build FE college places to manage post-16 demographic growth.