Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to support high streets.

Our Plan for Small Businesses, published in July, includes measures to support high street businesses, redevelop commercial space and trigger private investment.

Later this year, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will bring forward a new High Streets Strategy, to reinvigorate our communities. Government will work with businesses and representative bodies to inform the development of the strategy.

MHCLG has also announced £5 billion funding for up to 350 places over the next decade through its Pride in Place programme and Impact Fund.

The Home Office’s High Streets Illegality Taskforce is being established with DBT representation. This will ensure a cross-government approach to tackling crime on Britian’s high streets.