Public Expenditure: Scotland

(asked on 13th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral contribution of 26 November 2025 on Financial Statement and Budget, Official Report, column 388, if she will confirm whether her £820m allocation to Scotland's Block Grant is as a function of Barnett Consequentials following her finalisation of UK Government Expenditure in England.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 19th January 2026

The £820 million additional funding for the Scottish Government referenced is a result of the operation of the Barnett formula.

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