Question follow-through · 902237
Taxation: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of levels of taxation on people in Scotland.
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of levels of taxation on people in Scotland.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The assessment that we have made is that the Honourable Gentleman's party crashed the economy and left the legacy of the highest tax burden on working people in 70 years and in Scotland that is even higher.The SNP Government’s own figures show that a Band...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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