Question reference: S6W-07325
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 15 March 2022
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on any costs associated with mitigating any impact in Scotland of decisions taken by the UK Government in each of the last five financial years.
Answer
The estimated costs of "reserved" areas of spend that are being mitigated/supplemented by the Scottish Government are shown in the following table:-
Programme | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Discretionary Housing Payments | 47.0 | 50.1 | 52.2 | 73.8 | 83.1 |
Promoting Equality and Human Rights | 20.3 | 22.7 | 24.6 | 30.2 | 32.2 |
Scottish Child Payment | 21.0 | 68.0 | |||
Broadband | 117.1 | 22.2 | 32.9 | 63.4 | 102.8 |
Employability- Fair Start Scotland | 14.9 | 16.4 | 21.6 | 27.3 | |
Employability and Workforce Skills | 17.2 | 51.1 | 22.1 | ||
Scottish Veterans' Commissioner | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
Veterans | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Source: Level 4 budgets published alongside the annual Budget Bill.