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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Towns Fund in Spalding.

The Government is focused on Levelling Up the UK, which includes supporting places such as Spalding to deliver high value funding which unlocks the potential of local economies and creates visible change within places.

Spalding has been awarded funding from multiple funds, including £20 million from the Long-Term Plans for Towns; £19.6 million in round 1 of the Levelling Up Fund; and £20 million in round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund.

We are committed to ongoing evaluation of these funds. The Department’s Evaluation Strategy DLUHC evaluation strategy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) which was published in November 2022, sets out our commitment to undertake and learn from evaluation activity across all our policy areas.