Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Barnett jere ozi dị ka Chief Secretary to the Treasury site na 1974 ruo 1979, na-enweta oche na kabinet site na 1977 gaa n'ihu, ma bụrụ aka nri Denis Healey na Gọọmentị Callaghan. N'oge a, o lekọtara mmepụta nke ihe a maara dị ka Barnett Formula nke e ji ekesa mmefu ego ọha na eze n'etiti England, Scotland, Wales, na Northern Ireland. Mgbe e mesịrị, o ji ụdị anwụghị anwụ a na-atụghị anya ya nke e nyere ya site "n'inwe usoro nke ya" mee ihe ọchị. N'ịgbaso Iwu Scotland nke 1998 na ikike, o kwuru na Formula adịghị mma na England ma kwesiri ịhapụ ya ma ọ bụ degharịa ya. O kwughachiri echiche a n'afọ 2014 obere oge tupu ntuliaka nnwere onwe nke Scotland
, na-akpọ usoro ahụ enweghị ike ịnagide ma na-ekwu na ọ ghọwo ihe ihere.