Speeches

Margaret Ferrier – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ferrier on 2015-11-25.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the UK Guarantees scheme.

Greg Hands

The UK Guarantees Scheme is an important mechanism for facilitating private investment in infrastructure in the UK. £3.7 billion of guarantees have been approved to date, enabling projects worth £23 billion to go ahead. As announced in the Autumn Statement, availability of the UK Guarantees Scheme will be extended to March 2021 to continue to support projects to secure private investment.