Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding for the Bushmills area as part of the Causeway Coast and Glens growth deal.

We are continuing to work closely with all Deal partners to understand the benefits of the City and Growth Deals programme, including the Causeway Coast and Glens Growth Deal.

Many of the City and Growth Deals have decades' worth of funding attached so it is right that we consider any remaining deals that haven't been signed yet in the round at the Spending Review, as we will have to do with many other long-term funding programmes.

We will provide certainty over the remaining Deals following phase 1 of the Spending Review which will conclude on 30 October.