To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191421 on Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance, whether any changes have been made to the level of funding that will be available for the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership through the Government Department in Northern Ireland compared with the previous funding round.
Answered on
11 September 2023
In full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, the Home Office has formally ended the funded relationship with Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership which was communicated to NI SMP and other relevant partners.
The Home Office is in the process of finalising a new agreement with The Executive Office of Northern Ireland for which funding has been agreed. This partnership will provide an equivalent function to the previous Grant Agreement with Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership, hosted by Northern Ireland Local Government Association.
As that agreement remains commercially sensitive at this time my Department is unable to share funding information publicly. SMP funding is published publicly at the conclusion of the prior financial year.