Standard Spending Assessment (Hansard, 16 October 2002)

HC Deb 16 October 2002 vol 390 c896W 896W

§ Mr. Plaskitt
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on responses to the consultation on reform of the standard spending assessment. [71963]

§ Mr. Leslie
The formal consultation on options for the Formula Grant distribution system closed on the 30 September. We will consider the evidence, the pressures and the points made before we take decisions. Those decisions will be announced in the 2003/04 provisional settlement in due course.