Public Expenditure: Wales
Lords · Question HL10168 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Wigley
To ask His Majesty's Government what changes they have made over the past five years in the application of comparability factors to the Barnett formula for determining cash payments to the Welsh government consequential to expenditure on railway services
Answer
Answered by Lord Livermore, 17 Sep 2025
Comparability factors are used to determine the extent to which a UK Government department’s spending is comparable (where policy is devolved) to the Welsh Government. Comparability factors are generally updated prior to each spending review. In the past ...