Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the estimated £40 million in Barnett consequentials from the £300 million final round of the Culture Recovery Fund has been delivered to the Scottish Government.

The Barnett formula applies to changes in departmental DEL budgets, not when departments make spending or policy announcements.

The UK government has provided the Scottish Government with an additional £6.5bn of Barnett-based funding this year and it is for the Scottish Government to decide how to allocate this funding across its devolved responsibilities, including how to provide support to the culture sector.

If the Treasury provides additional funding to departments in areas that are devolved in Scotland then the Scottish Government will receive additional Barnett based funding. For example, the Scottish Government’s funding for this year was increased by £605 million at the Autumn Budget through the Barnett formula.