To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what financial settlement was made to (a) the Wales Office and (b) the Welsh Assembly Government each year between 1990 and 2006 under (i) the Barnett formula and (ii) any other financial heading. (101490)

The Wales Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for the years 2000-01 to 2007-08 is shown in Table 1.12 of the Treasury publication “Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006” (Cm 6811). Data for previous years are not available on a consistent basis.

The Wales Office Annual Report (Cm 6835) also contains information on spending in Wales.

The workings of the Barnett Formula are set out in the Treasury publication “Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly—A Statement of Funding Policy”.

Copies of these publications are available in the Library of the House.