Cycling England
6th March 2008
Dr. Francis: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the £17 million Cycling England programme has been reflected in Barnett consequentials in the Welsh block grant. [190619]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Wales departmental expenditure limits for the CSR period were published in the comprehensive spending review last October. They were determined in the normal way through the published Barnett formula. The block grant for the Welsh Assembly Government for 2008-09 will be published in the Wales Office annual report later in the year. For the SR04 period, the Welsh DEL were published in the 2004 Spending Review based on the Statement of Funding Policy published in that year. The block grant for 2007-08 was published in the 2007 Wales Office annual report. The published Barnett formula comparability factor for the Department for Transport used in the CSR is 68.3 per cent. while that for SR04 was 63.8 per cent.
