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.
About this written question
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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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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
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.
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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