Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether discussions between Ministers or officials of his Department and the Northern Ireland Executive on budgetary challenges facing that Executive during 2015 included the escalated spending exposure under the Northern Ireland non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.

Ministers and officials of the Northern Ireland Office engage regularly with the Executive to discuss matters of mutual interest. However, I am not aware of any specific discussions on the costs of the Northern Ireland renewable heating scheme during the period in question.