Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the regional breakdown within Northern Ireland is of the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland loaned to small businesses from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland.

The £70million Investment Fund for Northern Ireland launched in November 2023, hence no investment commitments have yet been made. The Investment Fund for Northern Ireland offers a range of commercial finance options with loans from £25,000 to £2 million and equity investment of up to £5 million. The Fund covers the entirety of Northern Ireland, and is intended to ensure an equitable regional spread of investment finance across all of Northern Ireland.