§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to review the Barnett Formula for local authority finance; and if he will make a statement. [67441]
§ Mr. RaynsfordMechanisms for the allocations of public expenditure are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has made it clear on several occasions that the Government have no plans646W to review the Barnett Formula, which in any case applies to allocations to the devolved administrations, not to English local authorities.