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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding from the Coastal Communities Fund will be allocated to the Jaywick Coastal Community Team between 2017 and 2021.

The Coastal Communities Fund awards grants to projects through a competitive bid-led process and is not allocated directly to specific places or Coastal Community Teams (CCTs). Funds are awarded to projects that best meet the programme's aims to promote sustainable growth and jobs.

The Fund's next bidding round (Round 4) for projects in England starting in 2017-18 is expected to open for new applications in early Summer 2016. Full details of how to apply will be available on the Big Lottery Fund’s web site: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/ccf

The Economic Plan submitted by Jaywick's CCT earlier this year will provide an important context for considering bids to the Fund from public, private and voluntary/community sector bodies in the area.