Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's planned timescale is for the launch of the third round of Levelling Up Fund applications.

As the Secretary of State announced during his speech at the LGA conference, the department is moving to a new approach for the third round of the Levelling Up Fund. Further details of our approach will be set out in due course.