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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason Levelling Up Fund Round Three was not opened on a competitive basis; and when his Department (a) informed local authorities of its approach to, (b) selected the projects to be awarded funding under and (c) announced which projects would be awarded funding under Round Three.

I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 4194 on 5 December 2023.

To support the development of bids, £125,000 was provided to each local authority in England who were assessed as most in need in Rounds 1 and 2, and all local authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.