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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the value of funding from the Stronger Towns Fund that will be allocated to Cheshire and Warrington.

The competitive element of the Stronger Towns Fund will be open to all towns. The allocation component has been provisionally allocated through a needs-based formula. The North West region has been provisionally allocated £281 million of the £1 billion component of the Stronger Towns Fund.

The Stronger Towns Fund prospectus will be published before Summer recess, which will detail the role of local partners, relevant definitions and eligibility criteria.