HC Deb 14 May 2002 vol 385 c573W
Mrs. Lait

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, (1) pursuant to the Scotland Office Press Release SS0067, issued on 17 April, which elements of the additional spending allocated to Scotland(a) result from the application of the Barnett Formula and (b) are external to the formula; [52691]

(2) pursuant to the Scotland Office Press Release SS0067, issued on 17 April, if she will place in the Library the calculations behind the announcement of an extra £8.2 billion of spending as a result of the Budget 2002. [52692]

Mrs. Liddell

All of the additional spending allocated to the Scottish Executive as a result of the health measures announced in the Budget were determined by application of the Barnett formula. The annual additions to the Scottish Executive Budget resulting from the Chancellor's Budget announcement on 17 April 2002 are reproduced as follows:

£million
Additional amount
2003–04 224
2004–05 858
2005–06 1,576
2006–07 2,341
2007–08 3,201
Total 8,200

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