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1287993

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to allocate the proposed £800 million for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales as part of his levelling up fund.
	tabling member constituency	Foyle
	tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
	uin	156631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The £4 billion Levelling Up Fund announced at the Spending Review is being extended to directly support communities in all regions and nations of the UK. The £4 billion Fund announced at the Spending Review will now be made £4.8 billion to operate UK-wide. The Fund will invest at least £800m in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Fund will be allocated competitively and be open to all local areas across the UK to boost growth and spread opportunity. Further details on how the Fund will operate will be published in the prospectus shortly – including who can bid, the types of projects eligible for funding, and the criteria for assessing proposals.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 156630 question first answered 25/02/2021 16:23:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1314608

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been generated by the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in the last three years; and how much of that revenue has been provided to Northern Ireland through Barnett consequentials.
	tabling member constituency	Foyle
	tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
	uin	1220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>Since its introduction in April 2018, the provisional total for revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy up to and including March 2021 is £878 million. This consists of the following amounts raised per financial year:</p><p>2018-19: £240 million<br>2019-20: £337 million<br>2020-21 (provisional): £301 million</p><p>Funding for the devolved administrations through the Barnett formula is based on UK Government spending rather than revenues. A breakdown of the Northern Ireland Executive’s funding, including Barnett consequentials, can be found in the Block Grant Transparency publication.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/05/2021 12:54:12 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1287994

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in Northern Ireland on his proposed £4.8 billion levelling up fund.
	tabling member constituency	Foyle
	tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
	uin	156632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury is committed to levelling up the UK and is working closely with the Northern Ireland Office to ensure the Levelling Up Fund benefits all parts of the UK, including Northern Ireland. The Levelling Up Fund will allow UKG to invest directly in communities and level up across the UK. The Levelling Up Fund will be open to all local areas across the UK.</p><p><br>UKG will work directly with local areas across the UK to take a holistic approach to their needs. This will extend the benefits of previous England-only local growth programmes, which the devolved administrations have not replicated in SW&amp;NI (such as the Towns Fund), to all parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/02/2021 16:25:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1287992

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce details of how MPs can apply for up to £20 million under his proposed levelling up plan.
	tabling member constituency	Foyle
	tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
	uin	156630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The £4 billion Levelling Up Fund announced at the Spending Review is being extended to directly support communities in all regions and nations of the UK. The £4 billion Fund announced at the Spending Review will now be made £4.8 billion to operate UK-wide. The Fund will invest at least £800m in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Fund will be allocated competitively and be open to all local areas across the UK to boost growth and spread opportunity. Further details on how the Fund will operate will be published in the prospectus shortly – including who can bid, the types of projects eligible for funding, and the criteria for assessing proposals.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 156631 question first answered 25/02/2021 16:23:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood