Devolution Costs

HC Deb 30 January 2001 vol 362 c159W

19. Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate she has made of the additional public expenditure on institutions and administration in consequence of devolution in Scotland. [146198]

Mrs. Liddell

The costs of bodies funded from the Scottish Assigned Budget and of the Scotland Office have been met from within the resources made available under the Barnett Formula.