The Shared Prosperity Fund

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 13 November 2018.

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Photo of Steffan Lewis Steffan Lewis Plaid Cymru 2:02, 13 November 2018

Of course, we still have questions about the existing arrangements before moving to the so-called shared prosperity fund. The First Minister will be aware of the audit office report on the impact of a 'no deal' separation on structural and regional funding as they stand. At the time of the report's publication in August, it noted that WEFO had exceeded its spending targets in three out of four of its operational programmes and underspent in one, which was west Wales and the Valleys. In the first instance, is the First Minister able to reassure us that overspends will be covered by the UK Government in the event of a 'no deal' separation, and can he update the Assembly further on whether all spending targets in all operational programmes are now being met or exceeded?