Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of creating a Minister for Coastal Communities to oversee a coastal strategy.

There are no current plans to create a Minister for Coastal Communities.

As Minister for Local Growth, I am responsible for regional growth nationwide and recognise that coastal communities can make a contribution to growth.

The Plan for Neighbourhoods will support regeneration across the country including in many of our cherished coastal communities.