Public Expenditure

Mr. Philip Hammond
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total block grant allocated to (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) comparable Government spending on services in England was in each year since 2001-02.

Andy Burnham
Departmental expenditure limits of all UK Departments and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the years 2001-02 to 2007-08 are set out in table 1.12 of the 2007 edition of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses. Spending totals relating to comparable services in England are not published. The comparability factors for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are published in annex C of the Treasury publication Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy. This was first published in 1999 and has been updated in each spending review.