Select Committee · Treasury Committee

National Wealth Fund

Status: Closed Opened: 20 Mar 2025 Closed: 15 Jan 2026 4 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

In October 2024, the Treasury announced the creation of a new National Wealth Fund with the aim of mobilising investment and unlocking growth opportunities across the UK. On the 19 March, the Chancellor issued the Statement of Strategic Priorities to the National Wealth Fund, setting its strategic direction and priorities for this Parliament. In this …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
12th Report - National Wealth Fund HC 806 28 Oct 2025 10 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
10 Recommendation 12th Report - National Wealth Fund Rejected

Assess merits of National Wealth Fund borrowing directly from market to enhance independence.

The Treasury and NWF must assess the potential merits of allowing the NWF to borrow funds directly from the market to empower the NWF to enhance its independence from the Treasury when funding projects. (Recommendation, Paragraph 49) 21

Government response. The government rejects the recommendation to assess allowing the NWF to borrow from private markets, stating the NWF has sufficient existing capital and no current plans to enable direct borrowing; future capitalisation will be assessed after existing funds are exhausted.
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Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
1 Jul 2025 John Flint · National Wealth Fund, Neeraj Patel · HM Treasury, The Lord Livermore · HM Treasury View ↗
18 Jun 2025 Chaitanya Kumar · New Economics Foundation, Darren Davidson · Siemens Energy UK&I and Siemens Gamesa UK, Dr Martin Turner · UK BioIndustry Association, James Earl · Future Energy Networks, Mark Thomas · First Light Fusion, Phil Chambers · Orbex, Pranesh Narayanan · Institute for Public Policy Research, Professor Neil Lee · London School of Economics, Shaun Spiers · Green Alliance View ↗
14 May 2025 Chris Cummings · The Investment Association, Joe Dharampal-Hornby · Impact Investing Institute, Richard Threlfall · Institution of Civil Engineers, Signe Norberg · Aldersgate Group View ↗

Correspondence

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
2 Sep 2025 Correspondence to the NWF on follow-up to evidence session on 1 July 2025, date…
2 Sep 2025 Correspondence from CEO of the NWF on follow-up to evidence session on 1 July 2…
1 Jul 2025 Correspondence from Siemens Energy following oral evidence on our inquiry into …
18 Jun 2025 Correspondence from ICE following oral evidence on our inquiry into the Nationa…