AQW 4046/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 04/10/2022
Answered On Date: 29/05/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what representations she will be making to the UK Government, along with her Scottish and Welsh counterparts, in relation to the loss of European Social Fund funding from April 2023 and of the need for the Shared Prosperity Fund to be increased and delivered locally.

Answer:

My Executive colleagues and I, led by the Minister of Finance, engage regularly with the UK Government and the other devolved administrations regarding delivery of funding streams under the Levelling Up agenda, including the Shared Prosperity Fund.

We will continue to press the UK Government on plans for post-2025 funding and seek to maximise opportunities and secure the best possible outcome for Northern Ireland.