UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural Areas
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 84368 on UK Prosperity Fund, what steps he is taking to support rural areas outside of mayoralties with the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answered by Alison McGovern
The government will provide long-term local growth funding to support regional growth across all of the UK, completing the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The Pride in Place strategy sets out how this government will support places throughout the country, with communities given new tools and powers to shape their neighbourhoods in a way that is truly reflective of local need.
Our allocation methodology targets need everywhere (regardless of type of community) and includes a number of rural communities. This includes communities in Wiltshire, East Lindsey, Somerset, amongst others. Funding is allocated based on a robust methodology, using established data to measure deprivation and community need across the country.
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