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Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 10 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 December 2003. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 December 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contribution of Barnett formula consequences as explained in Appendix C to the Statement of Funding Policy to the allocations for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) the Northern Ireland Assembly were in each year from 2001-02 to 2003-04 reconciling the provided figures to the entries in Table 2.6 of PESA 2003-04 (Cm 5901) for each of the devolved administrations. - Includes no figures and ref to Cm 4807.
Answer

Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the contribution of Barnett formula consequences as explained in Appendix C to the Statement of Funding Policy to the allocations for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) the Northern Ireland Assembly were in each year from 2001-02 to 2003-04 reconciling the provided figures to the entries in Table 2.6 of PESA 2003-04 (Cm 5901) for each of the Devolved Administrations. [144377] Mr. Boateng: Increases in the Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2001-02 to 2003-04 for the Devolved Administrations were announced in the 2000 Spending Review (CM 4807). The basis for the allocation was explained in the Statement of Funding Policy, published in July 2000.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
144377; 415 c911W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Devolution Northern Ireland Public expenditure Scotland Wales Departmental expenditure limits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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