Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition and the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure competition with the Windsor Framework’s rules on state aid.

UK SHORE funding is open to organisations in all four nations of the UK, including Northern Ireland which is subject to the Windsor Framework. There has been at least one project involving businesses from Northern Ireland in each round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competitions, and we anticipate Northern Irish businesses will apply for both the seventh round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC7) and second round of the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure competition (ZEVI2). For full details of the subsidy control and eligibility criteria, prospective applicants will be able to seek further information from Innovate UK who are running roadshow events on the funding across the UK, including in Northern Ireland.