Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much EU structural and investment funding Northern Ireland received in each of the last four years.

The amount of European Structural and Investment Funds received by Northern Ireland can be found in the United Kingdom Partnership Agreement. Published information on all European Structural and Investment Funds can be accessed from the European Structural and Investment Funds Home Page on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds.

Investment from EU Structural Funds will continue to be spent by local areas until 2023 and this government has committed to at least matching EU receipts through the new UK Shared Prosperity Fund, on average reaching around £1.5 billion a year across the UK.

In addition, to help local areas prepare over 2021/22 for the introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, we have also announced the UK Community Renewal Fund to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Due to the way the funds operate, levels of investment from EU structural funds will be higher in all four nations in the coming financial year 2021/22 than they were in 2020/21. The UK Community Renewal Fund is additional funding from the UK Government for 2021/22.