§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 15 October 2001,Official Report, column 838W, what is the degree of convergence 746W already achieved between expenditure by the devolved Administrations and their predecessor Departments, covered by the Barnett formula comparable to UK Department programmes since 1996–97; and what changes there have been in the composition of those comparable programmes since 1996–97. [11050]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithSeparate figures are not published for the English equivalents of devolved programmes. However information on identifiable total managed expenditure per head by country including years since 1996–97 was published in Chapter 8 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses in April 2001. Details of the Barnett formula were published in the Statement of Funding Policy published in March 1999.