Rishi Sunak corrected a written answer on Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
Darren Jones (Labour, Bristol North West) asked written question 478 on 6 January 2020. Rishi Sunak answered on 10 January 2020 for the Treasury, and Rishi Sunak corrected the answer on 21 January 2020. The figure £736 million in the original became 763 million in the correction. Altogether 3 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Northern Ireland Executive will receive the full £1 billion extra funding agreed in the Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative and Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party during the last Parliament.
Original and corrected answer
Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.
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| The Confidence and Supply financial annex committed the UK Government to providing £1 billion to Northern Ireland. | The Confidence and Supply financial annex committed the UK Government to providing £1 billion to Northern Ireland. £ 763 million has been released so far and the release of further funding would take place following Parliament’s approval in the normal way through the Estimates process. |
The question and answer on the Parliament website.
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1168914?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 68221a7b9d04297c71a4ff7f3bb4b8801a9d0ae758e123d7fe2fa2b98b56bd9d |