A question on #EastWestRailLine tabled by Lord Hain on 03-06-2025 has been answered by Lord Livermore.

Heading: East West Rail Line
Question ID: 1809030
UIN: HL8048
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-03
Asking Member ID: 567
Asking Member display name: Lord Hain
Asking Member handle: PeterHain
Asking Member Twitter reference: @PeterHain
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Barnett consequential that would have been allocated to Wales if the new Oxford–Cambridge railway line had been classified as an England project, rather than an England and Wales projec
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Date answered: 2025-06-17
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4559
Answering Member display name: Lord Livermore
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Lord Livermore
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Answer text: At the Spending Review 2025, the Barnett formula was applied at department level using departmental comparability factors. This means that Barnett consequentials generated in relation to specific programmes cannot be determined. The UK Government is resp...
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Answering body ID: 14
Answering body name: Treasury
Tweeted: true