Written question asked by Ron Davies (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 December 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 January 1999. It was answered by Alan Milburn (Labour) on Monday, 11 January 1999 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Treasury

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what were the percentage increases in (a) the total expenditure of Department of Trade and Industry, Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Education and Employment in 1999-2000 and in the Welsh block for the same year, (b) each Department's expenditure relevant to the purposes of calculating the formula consequences for the Welsh block and (c) the expenditure within the Welsh block comparable to (b) above; what changes he has made in the method of calculating the formula consequences for the Welsh block of expenditure by the DTI, DFEE, DETR and DCMS; what comparability factor he used in calculating the formula consequences for the Welsh block of expenditure by the DTI, DETR, DCMS and DFEE in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000. - Inc table and ref to 322 c510-3W, 9 December 1998, and Modern Public Services for Britain: Investing in Reform White Paper (Cm 4011). (Holding answer 14 December 1998).

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

323 c20-1W; 63613;63550;63549

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Public expenditure Wales Department for Education and Employment Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Department for Culture, Media and Sport Welsh Office

Contains statistics

Yes