FOI/19/00899 · FOI · transferred
Brexit contingency funds, amounts and allocations: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for information regarding Brexit contingency costs including amounts transferred to the Scottish Government from the UK Government, when this was transferred, which departments received the money and a detailed breakdown of what the money has been spent on.
Response
1. The Scottish Government does not receive funds from the UK Government for a specific purpose. The UK Government have allocated £3.75billion in Brexit funding over 2017 to 2020; the Scottish Government have been allocated funds as a consequence of this. The Scottish Government then chooses how to allocate those funds.
2. Since 2017-18, the Scottish Government has been allocated £98.6 million in consequentials from the UK government related to Brexit as per the table below.
The Scottish Government is notified by HM Treasury when consequentials will be added to the Scottish Block Grant.
Financial Year Amount (£m) Date Notified 2017-18 6.6 24.10.2017 2018-19 37.3 13.03.2018 2019-20 54.7 20.12.2018
In 2017-18, the Scottish Government received around £6.6 million of consequentials very late in the financial year as part of the UK Government Spring Supplementary Estimates. This arose from £250 million of additional UK Departmental spending allocations for EU Exit preparation.
For 2018-19 and 2019-20, the Scottish Government will receive £92 million from the UK Government as a consequence of EU Exit preparation funding.
After the 2018 UK Government Spring Statement, it was announced that the Scottish Government would receive a proportionate share of £1.5 billion Brexit preparation funding allocated to UK Departments in each of the years 2018-19 and 2019-20. In 2018-19, the Scottish Government received £37.3 million in consequentials from this - £35.7 million resource, £1.6 million capital.
At the 2018 UK Budget, a further £500m of EU exit preparation funding was announced for 2019-20 in addition to the £1.5 billion already announced by the Chancellor. This means that in 2019-20 the Scottish Government will receive £54.7 million consequentials from the £2 billion allocated to EU exit preparation funding - £48.8 million resource, £5.9 million capital.
The 2018-19 consequentials were announced after the UK Budget. The announcement at the 2018 UK Budget of £54.7 million in consequentials for 2019-20 allowed for the amount to be included within the 2019-20 Scottish Budget and is fully absorbed in supporting work already underway, including EU exit preparation.
3. Given the range and diversity of work ongoing across Government and its interaction with day-to-day responsibilities, it is simply not possible to provide a full breakdown of costs.
The £6.6m consequentials received in 2017-18 were used to support the 2018-19 Government priorities, including expenditure on EU exit-related work – this money is not separately identifiable.
Of the £37.3 million consequentials for 2018-19, £27 million (£26.6 million resource and £0.5m capital) was allocated to specific Brexit related activity in the Scottish Government and its agencies. The breakdown by Portfolio is as follows:
Portfolio Amount (£m) Health and Sport 2.1 Finance, Economy & Fair Work 3.6 Education and Skills 0.4 Justice 0.7 Environment, Climate Change & Land Reform 4 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
The remaining £10 million being spent by portfolios as part of the 2018-19 Scottish Budget.
All £54.7 million in EU Exit Consequentials for 2019-20 have been allocated to portfolios, which are responsible for managing their preparations within their total budget.
4,-7. The Scottish Government does not receive funds from the UK Government for a specific purpose. All consequentials from EU Exit funding received to date have been allocated via the Scottish Budget. As per the table above, £27 million in consequentials from 2018-19 was allocated to portfolios for specific Brexit related activity. The remaining £10 million from 2018-19 and consequentials received in 2017-18 and 2019-20 are not separately identifiable.
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