Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities about their future access to European Structural Funding.
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has confirmed to local authority representatives the government's commitment to continued access to the European Structural and Investment Funds up to the point the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. There is regular discussion about using these Funds to support projects that deliver growth and jobs at national and local partnership meetings, which local authority members participate fully in.