{"id":3008,"date":"2019-08-07T16:18:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2022-03-02T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T10:36:50","slug":"has-the-dup-brought-an-extra-1bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/economy\/has-the-dup-brought-an-extra-1bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Has the DUP brought an extra \u00a31bn?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This claim is accurate. The \u00a31bn is specific to the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland and is in addition to funding pledged as a result of the Stormont House Agreement and Fresh Start Agreement. An estimated \u00a3420m remains to be spent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"868\" src=\"http:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-1024x868.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-1024x868.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-1536x1302.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-65x55.jpg 65w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-59x50.jpg 59w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-47x40.jpg 47w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn.jpg 1881w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 31 July 2019, Arlene Foster &#8212; the leader of Northern Ireland\u2019s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) &#8212; said that her party will not apologise for \u201cdelivering an extra billion pounds\u201d for Northern Ireland. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2019-07-30\/johnson-stormont-assembly-must-be-restored-as-soon-as-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>: &#8220;Not any other party that has stood before you today has delivered one penny of money for the people of Northern Ireland. We have delivered that through our confidence and supply agreement \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the 2017 General Election, the Conservative Government has relied on the support of the DUP to command a working majority in Parliament. This arrangement was formalised right away after the election in a <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/621794\/Confidence_and_Supply_Agreement_between_the_Conservative_Party_and_the_DUP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Confidence and Supply Agreement<\/a> between the DUP and the Conservative Party, on 26 June 2017. The Government agreed to provide the Northern Ireland Executive with additional financial support: \u00a31 billion over five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 1 November 2018, we published an <a href=\"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/facts\/were-city-deals-part-of-dups-confidence-and-supply-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> about City Deals being part of the Confidence and Supply Agreement between the DUP and the Conservative Party. We concluded that the UK Government\u2019s support for city deals in Northern Ireland is not explicit in the \u201cConfidence and Supply Agreement\u201d, but is named in a subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/conservative-and-dup-agreement-and-uk-government-financial-support-for-northern-ireland\/uk-government-financial-support-for-northern-ireland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">financial support package<\/a> agreed by the two parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official UK Government statement explains that the \u00a31 billion is additional to \u00a32.5 billion of financial support and flexibility provided to the Northern Ireland Executive, by way of the <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/390673\/Stormont_House_Agreement_Financial_Annex.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stormont House Agreement<\/a> (23 December 2014) and <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/479116\/A_Fresh_Start_-_The_Stormont_Agreement_and_Implementation_Plan_-_Final_Version_20_Nov_2015_for_PDF.pdf#page=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fresh Start Agreement<\/a> (17 November 2015). The agreed \u00a31 billion funding falls outside the consideration of the Barnett Formula; the funding is specific to the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does the \u00a31 billion cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official statement provides details of the extra \u00a31 billion of financial support, in six policy areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>infrastructure development (\u00a3200m for 2 years)<\/li><li>health service transformation (\u00a3100m for 2 years)<\/li><li>broadband development (\u00a375m for 2 years)<\/li><li>immediate pressures in health and education (\u00a350m for 2 years)<\/li><li>pockets of severe deprivation (\u00a320m for 5 years)<\/li><li>mental health (\u00a310m for 5 years)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How much of the funding has Northern Ireland received?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk\/documents\/CBP-8607\/CBP-8607.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill 2017-19<\/a> was introduced to the House of Commons on 28 February 2019. By November 2018, the Northern Ireland Executive had received just under half of the agreed funding. The Commons Library Insight blog article, <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/parliament-and-elections\/government\/confidence-and-supply-northern-irelands-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cConfidence and Supply: Northern Ireland\u2019s \u00a31 billion\u201d<\/a>, explains how much of this pledged additional expenditure has been delivered. The figures were obtained using the <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/parliament-and-elections\/parliament\/the-estimates-parliaments-role-in-authorising-government-spending-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Estimates process<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017-18, Parliament approved \u00a320 million of the Confidence and Supply funds to be added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/documents\/commons-committees\/northern-ireland-affairs\/Estimates-Memoranda-17-19\/Northern-Ireland-Office-Supplementary-Estimate-Memorandum-17-18.pdf#page=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grant to the Northern Ireland Executive<\/a>. The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that these funds were <a href=\"http:\/\/data.parliament.uk\/writtenevidence\/committeeevidence.svc\/evidencedocument\/northern-ireland-affairs-committee\/devolution-and-democracy-in-northern-ireland-dealing-with-the-deficit\/oral\/77551.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spent on education<\/a> and to alleviate health pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 2018-19, Parliament approved a further \u00a3410 million to be added to the grant to the Northern Ireland Executive (\u00a3210 million day-to-day spending and \u00a3200 million investment). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/documents\/commons-committees\/northern-ireland-affairs\/Estimates-Memoranda-17-19\/Northern-Ireland-Office-Supplementary-Estimates-and-Memorandum-2018-19.pdf#page=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">funding<\/a> was provided for the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u00a380 million for immediate health and education (day-to-day spending). Of this \u00a336.5 million is reported to be given to the Northern Ireland Department of Education<\/li><li>\u00a330 million to address mental health and severe deprivation (day-to-day spending)<\/li><li>\u00a3100 million for health transformation (day-to-day spending)<\/li><li>\u00a3200 million for infrastructure (investment spending)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-1bn-Estimate-p4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-1bn-Estimate-p4-1200x848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3011\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This totals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/documents\/commons\/Scrutiny\/N%20Ireland%20supp%201819.pdf#page=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a3430 million spent<\/a> for financial years 2017-19:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"http:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-1536x1085.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-2048x1447.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-65x46.jpg 65w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-71x50.jpg 71w, https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FactCheckNI-075-DUP-\u00a31bn-Estimate-p4-57x40.jpg 57w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/documents\/commons\/Scrutiny\/N%20Ireland%20supp%201819.pdf#page=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UK Parliament<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In regards to the \u00a3150 million tranche for broadband development, on 16 July 2019 the Department for the Economy (DfE) launched a procurement for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economy-ni.gov.uk\/news\/department-economy-invites-industry-bids-ps165million-broadband-improvement-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Stratum<\/a>, which seeks to improve connectivity for those unable to access broadband services of at least 30 Mbps. This expenditure will reduce the amount yet to be drawn down to \u00a3420 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How is the money being spent in Northern Ireland?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chief Executive of the Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland <a href=\"http:\/\/data.parliament.uk\/writtenevidence\/committeeevidence.svc\/evidencedocument\/northern-ireland-affairs-committee\/funding-priorities-for-the-201819-budget-health\/oral\/89259.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained<\/a> how the \u00a3100 million allocated to healthcare transformation in 2018-19 will be spent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u00a330 million to stabilise the system by stemming the increase in waiting times for both diagnostic and elective care<\/li><li>\u00a315 million for investing in primary care, including \u00a35 million for the initial roll-out of an operating model for multidisciplinary team working within GP practices<\/li><li>\u00a315 million for workforce development across the health and social care system<\/li><li>\u00a330 million of investment in reforming hospital and community services including the establishment of new elective care centres<\/li><li>\u00a35 million on building capacity in communities and in health prevention approaches<\/li><li>\u00a35 million on \u2018enablers\u2019 for transformation, including investment in development of quality improvement initiatives<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, The Department of Education has informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niccy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People<\/a> how the \u00a316.5 million awarded in 2018-19 for tackling deprivation is being spent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u00a36.4 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/articles\/sure-start-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sure Start<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a30.7 million for literacy and numeracy<\/li><li>\u00a31.3 million for nurture units<\/li><li>\u00a32.3 million for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.early-years.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Early Years Pathway<\/a> funding<\/li><li>\u00a35.8 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/articles\/extended-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extended schools<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DUP agreed to support the Government on all key votes and the Government agreed to provide the Northern Ireland Executive with additional financial support: \u00a31 billion over five years. The Confidence and Supply Agreement contained details of the agreed areas of expenditure: infrastructure development, health service transformation, broadband development, immediate pressures in health and education, pockets of severe deprivation, and mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreed \u00a31bn funding is specific to the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland and falls outside the consideration of the Barnett Formula. The \u00a31bn funding is additional to funding pledged as a result of the Stormont House Agreement and Fresh Start Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Northern Ireland Executive has received \u00a3430 million so far, plus \u00a3150 million for an announced broadband development procurement. This suggests that there is \u00a3420 million still to be drawn down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/united-kingdom-red-budget-box-red-case-as-displayed-uk-chancellor-exchequer-new-budget-ober-white-image119492663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/alancotton_info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alan Cotton<\/a> used by license <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dreamstime.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>FactCheckNI is Northern Ireland\u2019s first and only dedicated independent fact-checking service and a <a href=\"https:\/\/ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org\/profile\/factcheckni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified signatory<\/a> to the International Fact-Checking Network&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/ifcn-fact-checkers-code-of-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Code of Principles<\/a>. 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