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Written question asked by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 12 October 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 October 2020 (named day). It was answered by Steve Barclay (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 October 2020 on behalf of the Treasury.


Buildings: Insulation

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Welsh Government has received in Barnett consequentials as a result of the £1.6 billion allocated to cladding remediation in England.

Answer

At Spring Budget 2020, £1 billion of additional funding was allocated to cladding remediation in England through the creation of the Building Safety Fund. This generated a Barnett consequential of around £59 million for the Welsh Government. The remaining £600m was funded through existing MHCLG budgets as set at the 2015 Spending Review. The Welsh Government has therefore already received the Barnett consequentials associated with this funding.

HM Treasury’s Block Grant Transparency publication sets out the breakdown of changes in the devolved administrations’ block grants, including all Barnett consequentials, since the 2015 Spending Review.

This is available on the gov.uk website here:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-july-2020


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
101980
Session
2019-21
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Buildings Finance Fire prevention Insulation Public expenditure Wales
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk