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Written question asked by Jim Cousins (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 31 October 2001. It was answered by Andrew Smith (Labour) on Wednesday, 31 October 2001 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 15th October, Official Report, column 838W, what is the degree of convergence already achieved between expenditure by the devolved administrations and their predecessor departments, covered by the Barnett Formula comparable to UK department programmes since 1996-97; and what changes there have been in the composition of those comparable programmes since 1996-97.
Answer

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 15 October 2001, Official Report, column 838W, what is the degree of convergence already achieved between expenditure by the devolved Administrations and their predecessor Departments, covered by the Barnett Formula comparable to UK Department programmes since 1996-97; and what changes there have been in the composition of those comparable programmes since 1996-97. [11050] Mr. Andrew Smith: Separate figures are not published for the English equivalents of devolved programmes. However information on identifiable total managed expenditure per head by country including years since 1996-97 was published in Chapter 8 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses in April 2001. Details of the Barnett formula were published in the Statement of Funding Policy published in March 1999.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11050; 373 c744W;373 c745-6W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Devolution Government departments Public expenditure Scotland Wales
Link
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