拢15 million announced for flood recovery in Northern Ireland
Up to 拢15 million of reallocated funding made available in Northern Ireland to respond to flooding 바카라 사이트� supporting affected businesses and aiding clean-up costs.
- In absence of the Executive, support made possible by reallocating capital funding to resource budgets.
- A 拢60 million switch for the Scottish 바카라 사이트 and 拢35 million switch for the Welsh 바카라 사이트 also confirmed.
The UK 바카라 사이트 has today, 8 November, announced up to 拢15 million of support will be available to respond to flooding in areas of Northern Ireland in the absence of the Executive.
The money has been made available through the granting of a request made to HM Treasury jointly by the UK 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트檚 Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland바카라 사이트檚 Department of Finance to reallocate funding from capital to resource budgets 바카라 사이트� recognising the need to be nimble and act swiftly at times of crisis for communities.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, has also confirmed a 拢60 million switch for the Scottish 바카라 사이트 and 拢35 million switch for the Welsh 바카라 사이트 to respond to flooding or allocate to other areas as they see fit.
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, said:
The floods have been devastating for all those who have suffered the destruction of their homes and businesses. I have previously seen myself all the hard work that has gone into the areas affected to build facilities, invest and grow businesses and improve the local area.
I can only imagine how people must be feeling to see the destruction these floods have brought to areas they바카라 사이트檝e invested so much in. Those who have suffered damage need reassurance that support will be available. This is rightly something聽 which a devolved Executive should be able to deliver.
However, in the absence of the Executive which could have acted swiftly, the UK 바카라 사이트 will make available up to 拢15m of support through the reallocation of existing NI funding. This will help with clean-up costs and support businesses to resume trading.
We will continue to work closely with the NI Civil Service and local councils to ensure that support gets to those who need it as quickly as possible.
Further information
- Responding to flooding is a devolved responsibility and the Scottish and Welsh 바카라 사이트s are free to allocate their resources as they see fit.
- The 拢15 million is existing NI Executive funding which will be reallocated from capital spend.