asked Her Majesty's Government:

What extra funding is being made available to Northern Ireland as a result of the St Andrews agreement of 2006. [HL54]

The details of the St Andrews agreement funding package announced on 1 November are set out in the attached Treasury press notice at www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom _and_speeches/press/2006/press_82_06.cfm.

The funding package announced on 1 November includes previously announced spending of £8.5 billion in 2007-08 and the greater part of the £16 billion investment strategy from 2005 to 2015.