asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Treasury has agreed to consider, as part of the comprehensive spending review, representations from the National Assembly of Wales about the public spending implications of objective 1 status for a substantial part of Wales. [HL3741]
Yes. I can confirm that the Treasury will consider on their merits representations from the National Assembly for Wales about the public spending implications arising from objective 1 status as part of the next spending review.
| Labour market status for people of working age1, by Government Office Region, spring 1996 and spring 1999, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||||||
| Thousands | |||||||||||
| Economically active | Economically inactive | ||||||||||
| Wants a job | |||||||||||
| Wants a job and seeking but not available to start2 | Wants job but not seeking in last 4 weeks | ||||||||||
| Total | Total | In employment | ILO unemployed | Total | Does not want a job | Total | Total | Available to start | Not available to start2 | ||
| Spring 1996 | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 35,535 | 27,764 | 25,450 | 2,314 | 7,770 | 5,435 | 2,335 | 227 | 2,108 | 863 | 1,245 |
| Great Britain | 34,566 | 27,075 | 24,829 | 2,246 | 7,491 | 5,212 | 2,279 | 224 | 2,055 | 844 | 1,212 |
| England | 29,695 | 23,392 | 21,468 | 1.924 | 6,303 | 4,407 | 1,896 | 190 | 1,706 | 709 | 996 |
| North East | 1,571 | 1,163 | 1,035 | 128 | 408 | 285 | 122 | 14 | 108 | 36 | 72 |
| North West | 4,158 | 3,152 | 2,883 | 269 | 1,005 | 759 | 246 | 23 | 224 | 88 | 135 |
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Barnett formula is applicable to the allocation of funds to Wales to support expenditure under objective 1 status; and, if so, how it will be applied. [HL3744]
The next spending review will be the process for considering Wales' overall spending plans.Under the Barnett formula, Wales receives a population-based proportion of changes in planned spending on comparable United Kingdom government expenditure in England.The Treasury has said that it will consider representations from the National Assembly of Wales about the implications for Wales of objective 1 status as part of the next spending review.