§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the expenditure per head was in(a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) England and (d) each Government Office region in England in each year since 1990 on (i) health and social services and (ii) education services covered by the Barnett formula; [126002]
- (2) what proportion of public expenditure in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales was of the type covered by the Barnett formula in each year since 1990; and what expenditure per head in each country for that share of spending resulted; [126010]
- (3) what categories of expenditure in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales were covered by the Barnett formula in each year since 1979; and what changes in those categories he has under review in the current spending review; [126003]
- (4) if he will publish the population-based spending allocation formula share for each year since 1979 for (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland; and what population share he proposes to adopt as the basis for spending allocations in the 2000 expenditure review. [126004]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithInformation on the coverage of the Barnett Formula since 1979 was published in 1997 in Annexe 1 of the Treasury Committee report on the Barnett formula. The current coverage was published last year by the Treasury in the Statement of Funding Policy. No decisions have been made yet on the outcome of the current spending review.
The population-based spending allocation formula was set out in Annexe B of the Statement of Funding Policy and was also referred to in the above Treasury Committee report.
Information which is available on public expenditure trends by country and region including expenditure per head is published in the analysis of identifiable total managed expenditure by country and region in Chapter 8 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (Cm 4601).