UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

(asked on 14th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the requirement that applications to the Shared Prosperity Fund from organisations based in Northern Ireland demonstrate compliance with State Aid requirements on the volume of applications to that fund from such organisations.


Answered by
Dehenna Davison Portrait
Dehenna Davison
This question was answered on 21st December 2022

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) recognises the importance of meeting its legal obligations and giving due regard to the additional equalities considerations that apply in Northern Ireland.

It is also DLUHC's responsibility to ensure that selected projects are state aid or subsidy control compliant.

The department's proposed delivery approaches for this priority are via councils and competitions for experienced deliverers of business support, who we anticipate will have sufficient expertise to provide credible applications taking account of state aid and subsidy control.

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