Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

(asked on 19th December 2019) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the funds allocated to Northern Ireland in support of the Confidence and Supply Agreement of June 2017 have been drawn down, broken down by category; what, if any, sums remain to be drawn down, broken down by category; and what is the schedule for the drawing down of any remaining funds, broken down by category.


This question was answered on 7th January 2020

The financial annex to the Confidence and Supply Agreement sets out the allocation of the £1 billion made available to Northern Ireland. This is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conservative-and-dup-agreement-and-uk-government-financial-support-for-northern-ireland


£763 million of this funding has to date been allocated to the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Allocations by category are tabulated below.

Category

C&S commitment

Allocated

Infrastructure

400

400

Broadband

150

3

Severe Deprivation

100

40

Immediate pressures health and education

100

100

Health Transformation

200

200

Mental Health

50

20

Total (£m)

1000

763

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