Welsh Government is set to benefit from additional funding from the UK reserve to progress their vaccine rollout.

Governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all set to recvieve added funding to deal with the increased rate of administering vaccines.

HM Treasury has announced that additional funding will be made available to the devolved administrations to provide greater certainty and allow them to plan as they tackle Covid-19 during the crucial weeks ahead. They will set this amount of additional funding in the coming days and will keep it under review in the coming weeks.

The UK Government has already provided the devolved administrations with an extra £12.6 billion through the Barnett formula this year – this includes £1.3 billion confirmed at the recent Autumn Budget and takes their total funding this year to £77.6 billion.

This is on top of UK Government spending on vaccines and tests for the whole of the UK and UK-wide support for businesses and jobs.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak said:

“Throughout this pandemic, the United Kingdom has stood together as one family, and we will continue to do so.

“We are working with the governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to drive the vaccine rollout to all corners of the United Kingdom and ensure people and businesses all across the country are supported.”

Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart said:

“During the past two years we have tackled the pandemic as one United Kingdom, with the UK Government providing vaccines, Covid testing and Armed Forces support in Wales as well as our ground-breaking financial measures which have protected around 500,000 livelihoods in Wales.

“Today’s funding announcement provides certainty for the devolved Welsh Government as it looks to plan its pandemic response for the coming weeks and will be followed by a record £18bn a year settlement from the recent Budget so Welsh Government can deliver vital services including health, education and flood protection in the coming years.

“We will continue to do everything we can to build back better from the pandemic, creating jobs and growing a strong economy in Wales and across the UK.”