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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) how many and (b) which local authorities have (i) submitted bids for funding and (ii) have had bids for funding accepted under the Community Champions scheme.

65 areas were invited to submit an Expression of Interests to the Community Champions programme. 60 applied, of which all 60 were awarded funding.