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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Levelling Up Fund Round 3: explanatory and methodology note on the decision-making process, published on 20 November 2023, whether any projects that scored 74.25 or above did not qualify for funding as a result of the cap on regeneration projects outside priority areas by local authority or ILT1 area.

The Government has published an explanatory and methodology note which sets out the decision-making process for selecting successful bids for Round 3 of the Levelling Up Fund. As set out in paragraph 15 ‘projects were capped at one per local authority and four per ITL1 region. These were selected in score order, except for in ITL1 regions where ITL2 distribution could be maximised, where an additional cap of one project per ITL2 in this stage was introduced to improve regional spread’. A threshold of above 74.25 for scores was applied in England and Wales, and 72.25 in Scotland, with further requirements set out in the note.