City Deals and Local Growth Deals

(asked on 21st January 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Government's Growth Deal announcements in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 that included allocated funding for (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland.


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Elizabeth Truss Portrait
Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 29th January 2019

The government has agreed six City and Growth Deals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2017.

In 2017 the government announced the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal and Swansea City Deal. In 2018 the government announced the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Deal, Tay Cities Deal, North Wales Growth Deal and Belfast City Region Deal.

The government has committed to agree Growth Deals for the Borderlands, Ayrshire, Moray, Mid Wales and Derry/Londonderry City Region.

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