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<p>The Government established the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to
increase capital spending for areas critical for improving productivity: housing,
transport, digital infrastructure and Research & Development (R&D).</p><p>Digital
infrastructure and R&D spending are reserved so UK Government investment, including
through the NPIF, covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The NPIF includes
£425m in 2017-18 and £820m in 2018-19 on R&D funding, and £25m in 2017-18 and
£150m in 2018-19 on digital infrastructure.</p><p>Housing and transport spending is
devolved, and in these areas, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government
and the Welsh Government have received increases in their capital budgets as a result
of applying the Barnett formula to changes in spending in England.</p>
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