Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment of recent Barnett consequentials for health spending in Wales.

The Welsh Government’s Phase 1 Spending Review 2025 settlement for 2025-26 is the largest in real terms of any Welsh Government settlement since devolution.  The Welsh Government is receiving at least 20% more funding per person than equivalent UK Government spending in England. That translates into over £4 billion more in 2025-26.

Barnett consequentials provided to the Welsh Government are not ringfenced for a specific policy area. It is for the Welsh Government to allocate their funding in devolved areas, including health, as they see fit. They can therefore take their own decisions on managing and investing available resources, reflecting their own priorities and local circumstances, and it is accountable to the Senedd for these decisions.