Written question asked by Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 4 November 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 November 2014. It was answered by Lord Deighton (Conservative) on Monday, 17 November 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Public Expenditure

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the budgets of the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive of equalisation of public expenditure per head of population throughout the United Kingdom.

Answer

The Government has not made such an assessment. The leaders of the three main UK political parties have indicated that the Barnett formula will continue to operate.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL2627

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Public expenditure

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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