Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Deferred
Include detailed comparability percentage calculations for each department in future Statements of Funding Policy.
Conclusion
In all future Statements of Funding Policy, the UK Government should include details of how the comparability percentage of each department has been calculated, including a programme-by-programme breakdown of what has and has not been included in the calculation. (Recommendation, Paragraph 42)
Government Response Summary
The government states that officials have agreed to begin preliminary work on the scope for the next review of the Fiscal Framework, deferring the discussion rather than committing to include detailed comparability percentage calculations in future Statements of Funding Policy.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
As set out in the 2023 Scottish Fiscal Framework, The Smith Commission recommended that the Fiscal Framework should be reviewed periodically, with subsequent reviews to take place on a 5 yearly basis but not more than once in any UK or Scottish electoral cycle. Following discussion with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, HM Treasury and Scottish Government officials have agreed to begin preliminary work on the scope for the next review of the Fiscal Framework in the coming months.