Elizabeth Line: Scotland

(asked on 24th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Scottish Government has received in Barnett consequentials as a direct result of the London Crossrail Project; whether that project has been treated as an exceptional; and to what extent the calculation of Crossrail-related Barnett has differed from the calculation of standard transport-related funding as laid out in the Statement of Funding Policy.


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Simon Clarke
This question was answered on 30th May 2022

The Barnett formula has been applied to spending on Crossrail as set out in the Statement of Funding Policy. Crossrail is classified as local transport, which is devolved in Scotland, so spending on Crossrail feeds through into Barnett-based funding for the Scottish Government.

The Barnett formula determines changes in the Scottish Government’s funding, not the overall funding, and is applied at departmental level at Spending Reviews. Barnett consequentials don’t therefore reflect the funding provided to the Scottish Government in relation to specific programmes or projects.

The Block Grant Transparency publication sets out the breakdown of Barnett consequentials for the Scottish Government.

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