PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Towns Fund (2 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the capital budget was for each lead local authority in the 100 areas selected to apply for the Towns Fund in the financial year 2019-20.

Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)

100 places were selected to develop proposals for Town Deals as part of the Towns Fund. In December 2019, local authorities received a share of £16.4 million revenue capacity funding to support the development of a Town Deal Board and Investment Plan for each of the selected towns in their area, up to a maximum of £173,029 per town. To date, no capital funding has been allocated.

Answered by:
Sir Simon Clarke (Conservative)
5 March 2020