Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the press release entitled Prime Minister to attend UK-EU summit in Brussels on 20 November, published on 12 October 2026, whether he plans for the cost to the public purse of annual payment into the EU Cohesion Fund payments to be discussed at the summit.

The UK is not currently contributing to EU Cohesion Funds. Whilst discussions have begun on the EU’s proposal to establish a mechanism for a UK financial contribution towards reducing economic and social disparities between the regions of the Union as part of participation in the Internal Electricity Market, any UK financial contribution would be subject to negotiations with the EU, and no contributions have yet been made or agreed upon.