Oral QuestionChurch Commissioners

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support social prescribing within its communities.

Tabled: 15 July 2021Answered: 22 July 2021

Asked by

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

Answering Minister

the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security (Mr Douglas Alexander)

The Government are committed to supporting investment in Scotland in line with our growth mission. The Prime Minister recently announced that the National Wealth Fund will provide £200 million of investment in new opportunities in Grangemouth in particular. That announcement came alongside the recently announced £55 million grant for the Port of Cromarty Firth, the two investment zones receiving £80 million over the next five years and our expanded Office for Investment.