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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department plans to provide to the regeneration project in Palmer Lane in Coventry.

My Department is not providing specific support for the Palmer Lane project in Coventry.

However, through the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) the Government has invested over £131 million of Local Growth Funding into Coventry and Warwickshire, which is supporting 16 projects across the region. This is forecast to deliver 7,500 new jobs, 3,400 new homes and bring in a total of £240 million of investment. The Government has additionally announced a new Stronger Towns Fund, a £1.6 billion fund to support towns in England to harness their unique strengths to grow and prosper.

Following our departure from the European Union, we will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), a programme of investment to tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity and which will invest across the foundations of productivity, identified in our Industrial Strategy.

The Coventry and Warwickshire LEP continues to identify projects which can bring additional growth and jobs to the region.