Public Expenditure

(asked on 2nd September 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has any plans to review or amend the Barnett formula.


Answered by
Rishi Sunak Portrait
Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
This question was answered on 9th September 2019

The 2017 government manifesto committed to continue to use the Barnett formula. The Barnett formula is simple, mechanical and transparent, and has stood the test of time with successive governments committing to its retention.

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