Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding will be allocated to organisations in Northern Ireland through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will act as the successor to the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund across the United Kingdom.

Within Northern Ireland, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides £126,854,145 of new funding for local investment to March 2025. The Investment Plan details how Northern Ireland's overall allocation will be spent and the impact that we expect it to have.

Having announced our first 'green spaces' projects in February, we plan to announce the outcome of the economic inactivity competition shortly. This will represent investment of over one-third of the fund, and the Investment Plan sets out our intention to go on and support a range of other interventions, including support for local businesses, as well as communities and place packages over the period to March 2025.