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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer to question 28873, what steps her Department is taking to support towns and communities that are not in receipt of Pride in Place funding and do not have Shared Prosperity Funding.

Funding for the Pride in Place Programme and Impact Fund is going to communities with the greatest need. However, beyond this programme, every part of the country benefits from our wider Pride in Place Strategy to put people in control of their neighbourhoods.

In addition, we recently announced a £210m package to reinvent high streets with new shops, public services and community spaces. This is part of our plan to encourage investment in reviving high streets as mixed-use centres at the heart of cohesive communities.

We will set out more plans in the upcoming High Streets Strategy to be published later this year. This Strategy will support all high streets nationally and equip local authorities with the tools they need to drive long term regeneration. We are mindful that there is a balance to be struck between targeted placed based investment allocated objectively on need such as deprivation, and a central pot which allows groups in all areas to make their case for investment. We intend to follow the latter approach on funds such as the Community Assets Fund and High Street Rental Auctions Fund for instance.