Question follow-through · 64447

Block Grant: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of a reduction in spending on asylum would have on the Scottish Government's block grant.

answeredScotland Office

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Answering body
Scotland Office
Tabled
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
7 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of a reduction in spending on asylum would have on the Scottish Government's block grant.

  2. 7 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Phase 2 of the Spending Review confirmed that devolved expenditure by the UK Government on Justice and Home Affairs will generate £451 million of additional Barnett funding for the Scottish Government over 2026/27-2029/30. The Spending Review set a three ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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