Debate contribution: Rates Support Grant: EQIA

Debate contribution by Mr Mark Durkan on 4 November 2024.

MLA: Mr Mark Durkan
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 4 November 2024
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Rates Support Grant: EQIA
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4625613

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I thank the Minister for his answer, and I blame the Business Office for the question. My initial question, which I will now ask as a supplementary question, was on the independent review of the rates support grant, which was commissioned, as I understand it, by the Minister from Business Consultancy Services (BCS). There has been a drastic cut in the rates support grant. It has gone from £20 million to under £5 million over 15 years. Does the Minister recognise the role that the rates support grant plays in tackling regional inequality, and will he make the case at the Executive to restore and ring-fence that vital funding?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 1049/22-27.

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