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National Wealth Fund

Commons · Question 33587 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

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Asked by Gareth Davies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled National Wealth Fund: Mobilising Private Investment, published on 14 October 2024, what were the previous constraints in relation to the amount of economic ri

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Answered by Emma Reynolds, 3 Mar 2025

The most important constraint on the National Wealth Fund’s risk appetite is its economic capital risk budget, which limits the total risk exposure it can hold. The UK Infrastructure Bank had £22 billion of notional financial capacity and an economic risk...