Barnett Formula 'should Be Independently Controlled'

摘要

Control of the controversial Barnett Formula - which determines how much money public bodies in devolved states receive from Westminster - should be handed to an independent body, CIPFA has urged. The public sector accounting experts believe the move would temper growing controversy over the continued use of the Formula, which critics claim unfairly rewards devolved states because it adjusts grant distributions according to population, not need. On average, annual state spending in Northern Ireland following the application of the Barnett Formula is ￡2,200 more per person than in England. In Scotland, residents have over ￡1,500 more spent on them than in England.