National Productivity Investment Fund

(asked on 16th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding was allocated to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales from the National Productivity Investment Fund in (i) 2017-18, and (ii) 2018-19.


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Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 22nd July 2019

The Government established the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to increase capital spending for areas critical for improving productivity: housing, transport, digital infrastructure and Research & Development (R&D).

Digital infrastructure and R&D spending are reserved so UK Government investment, including through the NPIF, covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The NPIF includes £425m in 2017-18 and £820m in 2018-19 on R&D funding, and £25m in 2017-18 and £150m in 2018-19 on digital infrastructure.

Housing and transport spending is devolved, and in these areas, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government have received increases in their capital budgets as a result of applying the Barnett formula to changes in spending in England.

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