Scotland Office written question – answered at on 5 July 2017.
Deidre Brock
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Devolved Government Relations), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he is seeking additional resources for Scotland as a result of the agreement reached between the Government and the Democratic Unionist Party on confidence and supply.
Deidre Brock
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Devolved Government Relations), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether additional resources will be made available for Scotland under the Barnett formula principle as a result of the agreement between the Government and the Democratic Unionist Party on confidence and supply.
Deidre Brock
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Devolved Government Relations), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he participated in negotiations between the Government and the Democratic Unionist Party on the confidence and supply agreement reached between those two bodies.
David Mundell
The Secretary of State for Scotland
This agreement will enable us to work together in the interests of the whole United Kingdom, give us the certainty we require as we embark on our departure from the European Union, and help us build a stronger and fairer society at home.
Scotland and Wales will continue to receive direct investment from the UK Government to support growth. Since 2014, the UK Government has committed over £1bn of investment in Scotland and Wales through City Deals, and the Government is committed to further City Deals in both nations. Combined with other sources, this will unlock over £4bn of investment. As you are aware, funding for City Deals is provided in addition to the block grant and does not attract Barnett consequentials for other parts of the UK.
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Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
An economic mechanism used by the Treasury to adjust automatically the amounts of public expenditure allocated to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, to reflect changes in spending levels allocated to public services in England, England and Wales or Great Britain as a whole.
