Question reference: S3W-04113
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 September 2007
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 September 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of governing Scotland has been in each year from 1979 to 2007 in (a) cash and (b) real terms.
Answer
Since Devolution,the cost of governing Scotland could be deemed to comprise a number ofdifferent elements, including: the cost of running the Scottish Parliament(further information can be found within the Scottish Parliamentary CorporateBody’s accounts); a proportion of the administration costs for the ScottishGovernment; and an element of the expenditure by Scottish local authorities.
Prior toDevolution, such costs would have been a matter for the Secretary of State forScotland.