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The Politics of Needs Assessment: The Treasury Select Committee and the Barnett Formula

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  • Arthur Midwinter

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Parliamentarians’ interest in Scottish public expenditure has been rising since 1987, when the electoral results left the Conservatives vulnerable in Scotland. Southern English MPs described the Scottish Office budget as a ‘slush fund’, and argued that Scots were being ‘force-fed’ with public expenditure. This interest has deepened as a direct result of the public debate over devolution (Midwinter, 1989). Although the author focuses here on developments in Scotland, many of the issues are relevant to devolution proposals in Wales, Northern Ireland and perhaps the English regions also.

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  • Arthur Midwinter, 1999. "The Politics of Needs Assessment: The Treasury Select Committee and the Barnett Formula," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 51-54, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:19:y:1999:i:2:p:51-54
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00166
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    1. Gillian Bristow & Nigel Blewitt, 2001. "The Structural Funds and Additionality in Wales: Devolution and Multilevel Governance," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 33(6), pages 1083-1099, June.
    2. Sophie Donaldson, 2007. "Contested Governance and Definitions of Need in the Distribution of Funding: Investigating the Regeneration-Funding Paradox and the Role of UK National Lottery Funding in Regeneration," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 25(2), pages 212-232, April.
    3. Arthur Midwinter, 2002. "Territorial Resource Allocation in the UK: A Rejoinder on Needs Assessment," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(5), pages 563-567.
    4. Nick Gallent, 2000. "Resource allocation and political change in the UK," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 389-394.

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