§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
What were the annual transfers of money from England to Scotland over the last five years under the "Barnett formula", expressed as a percentage of English GDP; as an amount accruing to each resident of Scotland; and (a) including North Sea oil revenues and (b) excluding them. [HL1514]
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (Lord Sewel)The Barnett formula is not used to transfer money from England to Scotland. It simply allocates annually to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices from overall UK resources a population-based share of any changes that are made to English programmes for which the territorial departments have comparable responsibility.