Public Finance: Scotland

(asked on 16th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial settlement for Scotland.


Answered by
John Lamont Portrait
John Lamont
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
This question was answered on 24th January 2024

Despite what we hear from the SNP, the Scottish Government is well-funded.

As a consequence of the decisions made by this UK Government, the Block Grant is now at record levels, with an additional £2.4 billion across three fiscal events.

Scotland receives around 25% more per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the United Kingdom.

That translates into around £8.5 billion more per year on average.

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