Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Recommendation 6
6
Accepted
In response to this report, the government should set out the year-by-year allocation of the...
Recommendation
In response to this report, the government should set out the year-by-year allocation of the budget in England for the next four years and clarify how funding will be provided to the devolved administrations through the block grant, including whether this will be annual, front-loaded, or issued as a single payment to be profiled independently. (Recommendation, Paragraph 15)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government provided the £116m budget allocation for the Fund in England from 2026/27 to 2029/30 and clarified that Barnett formula consequentials of £13m capital and £6m resource DEL (for 2026/27-2028/29) apply to devolved governments, who are responsible for their own allocation.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
At the 2025 Budget the Government provided £116m for the Fund for between 2026/27 and 2029/30, with the Barnett formula applying in the usual way. At fiscal events, including the 2025 Budget, the Barnett formula applies to individual programmes. This resulted in £13m capital departmental expenditure limits (DEL) (2026/27-2029/30) and £6m (2026/27-2028/29) resource DEL Barnett consequentials for the Devolved Governments. 2029/30 resource DEL budgets are yet to be confirmed. It is for the Devolved Governments to allocate their Barnett-based funding as they see fit across their devolved responsibilities and they are accountable to their devolved legislatures for those decisions. They are not required to allocate this funding in the same way the UK Government has in England.
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