Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
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Scotland’s Fiscal Framework
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Excerpts(8 years, 2 months ago)
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Lord Dunlop
As the Statement made clear, if the Scottish economy grows more slowly than the UK economy as a whole, that risk will be borne by the Scottish Government.
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (LD)
My Lords, can the Minister help us by expanding a little on set-up costs; he mentioned a figure of £200 million. Would that apply to the departmental expenditure limit from the DWP on the costs of the administration of the new social security powers that will be available to the Scottish Government in the future?
Lord Dunlop
The figure I mentioned is a one-off implementation cost to transfer the powers over and the systems that go with them. It is not an ongoing cost.