Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) central, (b) Welsh and (c) local government has spent on the (i) Cardiff City Deal, (ii) Swansea City Deal and (iii) North Wales growth deal to date; and what projections he has made of spending on each of those City Deals in the next three years.

The Government has committed to invest over £600m in City Deals in Wales. Of this, £500m will be invested in the Cardiff City Deal, and £115.6m will be invested in the Swansea City Deal. It is estimated that between the two deals up to 34,000 jobs could be created.

The government also remains committed to agreeing a North Wales Growth Deal.

Full details of each partner’s commitments can be found in the enclosed table.

Further detail on the funding of the Cardiff and Swansea City Deals can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508268/Cardiff_Capital_Region_City_Deal.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611685/Swansea_City_Deal_-_English.pdf