Question reference: S6W-11047
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 September 2022 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 30 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when its subsidy control unit was set up, and what the estimated (a) annual budget and (b) headcount is for (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.
Answer
The Subsidy Control Team forms part of the European Structural Funds and Subsidy Control Division, formerly the State Aid Unit within the same Division until the UK’s exit from the EU. The budget for the Subsidy Control Team for 2022-23 is £577,595; the current headcount is 9. Budgets and complements have not yet been confirmed for 2023-24.