To ask the Minister of Finance whether he will write to the Prime Minister asking him to outline timescales for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and how this will be allocated.

My Department is in regular contact with MHCLG on this issue and has pressed for full details on its implementation plans on numerous occasions.

I have already written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury regarding timescales and allocations for this and other replacement EU funds.

I will continue to attempt to influence the development, allocations and delivery of this fund and others wherever I can, at both Ministerial level and through my departmental officials.