Child Trust Fund
Treasury
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian, Labour)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the savings from the abolition of the Child Trust Fund were allocated to each of the devolved administrations in 2011-12.
David Gauke (Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury; South West Hertfordshire, Conservative)
holding answer
Following the abolition of the Child Trust Fund, savings averaging over £20 million per annum were recycled to provide funding for Short Breaks for Disabled Children through the Early Intervention Grant (EIG). The EIG is not ring-fenced and it is for each local authority to determine how to use its overall allocation to best meet local needs and priorities. As this matter is devolved, the devolved Administrations received the following Barnett consequentials:
| £ million | ||||
| 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | |
| Scotland | 1.683 | 2.104 | 2.525 | 2.946 |
| Wales | 0.972 | 1.215 | 1.457 | 1.700 |
| Northern Ireland | 0.564 | 0.706 | 0.847 | 0.988 |