The Financial Impact of Independence

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 15 October 2019.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:14, 15 October 2019

I thank the Member for that question. In 2017-18, the gap between taxes raised in Wales and public spending for the benefit of Welsh people stood at £13.7 billion. That gap is filled through our membership of the United Kingdom.