Infrastructure: Northern Ireland
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to work with the Northern Ireland Assembly to improve the built infrastructure of Northern Ireland.
Answered by Hilary Benn
Responsibility for infrastructure policy is devolved to Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure. The UK Government is working closely with the devolved governments to ensure that the UK’s nations and regions have the infrastructure they need to boost economic growth and serve their communities.
The Northern Ireland Executive received £18.2 billion from the UK Government for 2025-26 - the largest financial settlement in real terms in the history of devolution. Whilst it is for the Executive to decide how it utilises this funding, I welcome the Executive’s commitment to producing a long term strategic infrastructure plan and I look forward to its publication.
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