Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 21041 on EU Cohesion Fund, whether the European Commission has asked the UK to make payments to the EU Cohesion Fund in any other area.

The UK is not currently contributing to the EU Cohesion Fund. As referred to in the previous response, the EU is seeking to establish a mechanism for an appropriate UK financial contribution towards reducing economic and social disparities between the regions of the EU as part of UK participation in the Internal Electricity Market. Any UK financial contribution would be subject to negotiations with the EU, and no contributions have yet been made or agreed upon.