Public Expenditure

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequentials will arise from the decision to cap single bus fares in England at £2; and when he expects these consequentials to be available to devolved governments.


Answered by
Emma Reynolds Portrait
Emma Reynolds
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 8th September 2026

The Barnett formula applies when UK Government departmental DEL budgets formally change, not when new policy or funding is announced. Barnett consequentials associated with the £2 bus fares cap will therefore be confirmed in the usual way at Budget 2026.

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