Question reference: S5W-23943
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 20 June 2019
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Current status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 June 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £37 million that was allocated to it to deal with Brexit preparations in 2018-19 was spent.
Answer
In 2018-19, the Scottish Government received £37.3 million (£35.7 million resource, £1.6 million capital) in consequentials as a proportionate share of the £1.5 billion Brexit preparation funding allocated to UK Departments in each of the years 2018-19 and 2019-20.
From this £37 million, £27 million (26.6 million resource and £0.5m capital) was allocated to specific Brexit related activity in the Scottish Government and its agencies, with the remaining £10 million being spent by portfolios as part of the 2018-19 Scottish Budget.
A Portfolio breakdown of the allocation of the £27 million consequential funding was published within the 2018-19 Autumn Budget Revision. A summary has been included below.
Portfolio (£m)
Health and Sport: 2.1
Finance, Economy and Fair Work: 3.6
Education and Skills: 0.4
Justice: 0.7
Environment, Climate Change & Land Reform: 4.0
Rural Economy: 9.2
Transport, Infrastructure & Connectivity: 0.9
Administration: 4.8
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal: 0.2
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service: 0.1
Food Standards Scotland: 0.9
Forestry Commission (Scotland): 0.1
Total: 27
Funding from the UK Government is not ring-fenced for a specific purpose and it is for Scottish Ministers to decide on allocation. While we will continue to prepare as best we can for leaving the EU with the limited resources we have, we are not able to mitigate all of the impacts completely.