Written Question·Treasury·UIN 10515

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 25 October 2024

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the long-term sustainability of the financial settlement provided to Northern Ireland under the Barnett formula.

Answer

Darren Jones
The independent Northern Ireland Fiscal Council calculated that the relative need in Northern Ireland is 24% more per head than the rest of the UK for equivalent spending. As part of the 2024 restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) the UK Gove...

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