Public Expenditure: Wales

(asked on 15th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of consequential funding the Welsh Government would receive through the Barnett Formula if (a) HS2, (b) East- West rail and (c) Northern Powerhouse Rail were re-classified as England only projects.


Answered by
Emma Reynolds Portrait
Emma Reynolds
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 13th October 2026

Heavy rail is reserved to the UK Government. Accordingly, the UK Government has not made an estimate of the consequential funding the Welsh Government would receive if HS2, East-West Rail and Northern Powerhouse Rail projects were classified as England–only.

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