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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral Answer of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 2 November 2021, Official Report, column 744, when the second round of Levelling Up Fund bids will open.

Round 2 of The Levelling Up Fund will open in spring 2022. Where bids have been unsuccessful, we would encourage bidders to reapply in round two.

Further information on how future rounds of the Fund will operate from 2022-23 onwards will be set out in due course.