Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to support wards receiving funding through the Pride in Place programme in a) Telford, b) West Midlands and c) England.

The flagship Pride in Place Programme will provide up to £20 million in flexible funding and support to 244 places over the next decade. The neighbourhoods selected to receive funding and support from the Pride in Place Programme include Woodside in Telford and 28 places in the West Midlands. In addition, 7 local authorities across the West Midlands have been awarded funding through the Pride in Place Impact Fund, with each receiving up to £1.5m over two years. In total, the Government is investing up to £570.5 million across the West Midlands through the Pride in Place Programme and the Pride in Place Impact Fund.

Areas selected through the Pride in Place Programme will receive dedicated support from the Communities Delivery Unit within the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which will work in partnership with Neighbourhood Boards and local authorities, and will provide access to place-specific data, guidance and capability support tailored to local needs.

Through the Pride in Place strategy, DCMS is delivering interventions that are key to creating stronger communities and restoring civic pride. These include £400 million funding for grassroots sports facilities, our £85 million Creative Foundations Fund for revitalising arts and cultural assets and the National Youth Strategy, which will put young people at the centre of the policies that matter to them. My department is engaging with the MHCLG Community Delivery Unit to ensure these programmes have the impact that is needed in the right places.