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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the levels of expenditure in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales that is both within the assigned budget and within the scope of the Barnett formula for each year from 1998-99 to 2005-06, in the form provided in the analysis of 2002-03 provision in Annex C of the Third edition of "Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly: A Statement of Funding Policy". [144378] Mr. Boateng: The Departmental Expenditure Limits for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales for 2002-03 to 2005-06 were published in Table B15 of the 2003 Pre- Budget Report (CM 6042). Figures for earlier years were published in the 2003 Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (CM 5901). Changes in the DELs are determined in accordance with the Statement of Funding Policy.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

144378; 415 c911W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Devolution Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Assembly National Assembly for Wales Public expenditure Scotland Wales Scottish Parliament Departmental expenditure limits

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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