Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will have discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Scottish Government on the impact of the outbreak of covid-19 on fiscal deficits in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland.
Answered by Iain Stewart
The UK Government supported businesses and households throughout the global pandemic and the British Business Bank loan scheme alone saved up to 500,000 businesses and 2.9 million jobs UK-wide alone.
We have taken action last year and returned the public finances to a sustainable path, and the Government is on track to meet its fiscal rules.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a comparative assessment of total public spending per capita in Scotland with that in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England, in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by David Mundell
The latest official figures and analyses of public expenditure by country, region and function were published by HM Treasury on Thursday 18 July 2019. This provides comparable per capita spending figures for the UK as a whole, its regions and countries.
Total identifiable expenditure per head in Scotland was £10,881 in 2017/18, this compares to £9,080 in England for the same period. This publication does not provide comparable statistics for Northamptonshire.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide that, in the event of a vote for Scottish independence in the forthcoming referendum, residents of Scotland will not be entitled to vote in the 2015 UK general election.
Answered by Alistair Carmichael - Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice)
No.