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Regional Planning and Development: Northern Ireland

Asked by Claire HannaSocial Democratic & Labour PartyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 78755

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to football clubs through the levelling up funds in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

Crusaders Football Club, in Belfast was awarded £2.2 million from the Levelling Up Fund for its Shore Road Skills Centre project.

This is the only direct allocation of Levelling Up Funds to a football club in Northern Ireland.

Other football clubs in Northern Ireland may have benefited from funding delivered and administered by local authorities.

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