Question reference: S5W-36184
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 April 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, excluding COVID-19 funding, what the fiscal resource budget of the health portfolio (a) is for 2021-22 and (b) would be had it increased by inflation only in each year since 2016-17.
Answer
The 2021-22 Scottish Budget takes our total health portfolio funding in excess of £16 billion. For resource funding this represents an increase of £1.8 billion in real terms since 2016-17 – more than tripling the commitment to increase health funding by £500 million more than inflation.