Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 60187 on Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance, if she will provide an update on her Department's progress in implementing a new system to bring together funding streams in Northern Ireland.

In full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, the Home Office has formally ended the funded relationship with Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership (SMP) which was communicated to NI SMP and other relevant partners in April of this year. The Home Office will form a new agreement with the Government Department in Northern Ireland for which funding has been agreed.