Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the future of projects funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds for which that funding is due to end in March 2018.

The Department for Exiting the European Union is working with departments across government, including the Department for Work and Pensions, to ensure that people and businesses have stability and certainty in the period leading up to our departure in March 2019, and that we use the opportunities that our EU Exit presents to determine our own priorities. The government has guaranteed funding for all European Structural and Investment Fund projects signed before we leave the EU – provided they are value for money and in line with domestic priorities.