Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the National Wealth Fund's promotion of rural broadband development in Northern Ireland will include financial support to inward investors.

The NWF invests on a commercial basis to address market gaps and crowd in private capital, including in digital and technologies. It has a dedicated director based in Northern Ireland to support its view of markets across the region and opened a Belfast office in December 2024.

In April 2022 the National Wealth Fund, then the UK Infrastructure Bank, provided a £50 million loan to support Fibrus to deliver high-capacity broadband to rural homes and businesses across Northern Ireland. As of December 2025, this investment has helped Fibrus bring full fibre capability to over 330,000 homes across Northern Ireland.