PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
EU Grants and Loans (9 February 2017)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanism has been put in place to assess whether the Government will guarantee funding for specific ESF and ERDF projects signed after the Autumn Statement; how such projects will be assessed against the two criteria of value for money and alignment with domestic priorities; and whether such assessments will be undertaken before or after agreements have been signed.

Asked by:
Mr Clive Betts (Labour)

Each government department will take responsibility for the allocation of money to projects in line with the stated criteria and the wider rules on public spending. These conditions will be applied in such a way that the current pipeline of committed projects is not disrupted.

Answered by:
Mr David Gauke (Independent)
20 February 2017