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<p>The £3.6 billion Towns Fund includes £1 billion for the Future High Streets Fund,
as well as funding for 101 places that have been selected to develop proposals for
Town Deals.</p><p>In 2019, we paid all places shortlisted for the Future High Streets
Fund grants of up to £150,000 revenue funding to develop full business cases. In December
2019 we paid out £16.4 million in capacity funding to local authorities from the initial
100 towns selected for Town Deals to establish Town Deal Boards and develop their
proposals. In both cases the money was paid to the lead local authority.</p><p>In
May 2020, following a competitive tender and pre-market engagement exercises, we appointed
an Arup-led consortium to provide commercial support to all 101 towns selected for
Town Deals to help develop their plans and proposals to bid into the fund. Further
details about the contract can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F18a3b1d6-1624-42c4-a0fb-70311c335584&data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb0a6bc94c7274dfe56ac08d897b27d82%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637426140144181703%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=viihHLx5qole%2FVnoZ8Y%2BUMG1D7KUTBs6KI%2BdPx1py5U%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18a3b1d6-1624-42c4-a0fb-70311c335584.</a></p><p>In
September 2020, we paid £81.5 million in accelerated funding to the lead local authorities
for the 101 towns selected for Town Deals. Each town received between £500,000 and
£1 million to help them respond to the immediate challenges of Covid-19.</p><p>On
27 October 2020, Government announced the first seven places in England set to benefit
from up to £178.7 million in new Town Deals: Barrow-in-Furness, Blackpool, Darlington,
Norwich, Peterborough, Torquay and Warrington. Work has begun to confirm final funding
for these places. Further announcements on more Town Deals will be made in due course.</p><p>Full
details of these payments are on gov.uk.</p><p> </p>
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