§ Mr. N. MACLEANasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the services in Scotland to which the Goschen formula applies, and the amounts paid to each of those services in accordance with that formula in the years 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934?
§ Mr. COOPERI am having inquiries made, and will circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT as soon as the in formation is available.
§ Mr. MACLEANasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the method applied in the operation of the Goschen formula to Scotland?
§ Mr. COOPERThe allocation of the taxation assigned for local purposes in26W 1888 between England and Wales on the one hand and Scotland on the other in the proportion of 80 to 11 was based upon their respective contributions to the total revenue received into the Exchequer, as estimated at that time. A Parliamentary paper (163 of 1890) was subsequently issued showing the method of calculation.