AQW 381/17-22


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 16/01/2020
Answered On Date: 23/01/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline any conditions imposed by Treasury regarding expenditure of additional financial support coming from the Confidence and Supply Agreement, including dates when monies must be used.


Answer:
The Confidence and Supply funding was ring-fenced for the following purposes:
Area
Total (£million)
Time Period
Infrastructure Development
400
2 years
Ultra-fast Broadband
150
2 years
Targeting Pockets of Severe Deprivation
100
5 years
Health and Education Pressures
100
2 years
Health Transformation
200
2 years
Mental Health
50
5 years
£760 million was allocated in the period 2017-18 to 2019-20. £240 million of the funding (£150 million for Broadband, £60 million for tackling severe deprivation and £30 million for Mental Health) has now been withdrawn.