Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is providing to the Northern Ireland Executive to support high streets during the covid-19 outbreak.

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK Government has supported businesses in Northern Ireland.

To give the Northern Ireland Executive the upfront certainty to plan and deliver their Covid-19 response this year, the UK Government guaranteed they would receive at least £2.8 billion in additional resource funding on top of their Spring Budget 20 funding. Spending Review 2020 is also providing a further £540 million for the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to Covid-19 in 2021-22. It is for the Executive to decide how to use this funding.

This is on top of all the UK-wide schemes that the UK government has introduced this year to support all parts of the UK, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).