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	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland administration on support for the food and drink manufacturing sector.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	173579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with all of the devolved administrations on matters of importance to the economy across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that the UK food and drink industry is a success story – generating £22bn exports in 2017. To build on this success, the government has set up the Food and Drink Sector Council, a partnership with industry to support productivity growth throughout the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>To support the drinks industry, the government also froze beer duty at Autumn Budget 2017, meaning that the price of a pint of beer is 2p cheaper than it otherwise would have been.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/09/2018 09:25:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

971753

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Nurses: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on the provision of additional funding for NHS nurses in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	173580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced additional funding of over £20 billion for the NHS starting in 2019-20. This is expected to be worth over £700m per annum for the Northern Ireland Executive by 2023-24. Final Barnett consequentials will be confirmed in due course as per the processes set out in the Statement of Funding Policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Annex to the Confidence and Supply Agreement also committed £350m to the Northern Ireland Executive to manage immediate pressures in health and education, health transformation and mental health.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/09/2018 09:30:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon