Question reference: S5W-33171
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 November 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has received in Barnett consequentials since 23 March 2020, also broken down by how much has been allocated to each portfolio area.
Answer
At the UK Main Estimates published on 4 May, the Scottish Government received an additional £3,063m in Barnett consequentials in response to the COVID pandemic. The remainder of the guaranteed £8.2 billion of additional funding for 2020-21 will be allocated to the Scottish Government in the UK Supplementary Estimate early next year. It should be noted that Barnett consequentials are added to the total Scottish budget from where they are managed and thereafter it is not possible to make a direct link between sources of funding and individual budget allocations. Details of the net additional portfolio allocations to date (of which, £5,963 million were funded from Covid consequentials) were published in the Summer and Autumn Budget Revisions and are summarised in the following table:-
Portfolio | Summer Budget Revision | Autumn Budget Revision | |
£m | £m | ||
Health and Sport | 620.0 | 1,843.0 | |
Communities and Local Government | 2,614.6 | 35.7 | |
Finance | 5.0 | 20.5 | |
Education and Skills | 85.8 | 146.7 | |
Justice | 6.5 | ||
Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity | 234.3 | 159.9 | |
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform | -10.8 | ||
Rural Economy and Tourism | 15.5 | 14.5 | |
Economy, Fair Work and Culture | 145.8 | 188.7 | |
Social Security and Older People | 38.2 | ||
Constitution, Europe and External Affairs | -0.7 | ||
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service | 7.8 | ||
TOTAL | 3,759.2 | 2,411.8 | |
of which: Covid consequentials | 3,581.0 | 2,382.0 |
Full details of all budget transfers are set out in the Summer Budget Revision and Autumn Budget Revision supporting documents available at:-
https://www.gov.scot/publications/2020-21-summer-budget-revision/
https://www.gov.scot/publications/2020-21-autumn-budget-revision/
Further allocations will be set out in the Spring Budget Revision to be published in early February.