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 AI-generated
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.
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The statement of funding policy does include details of how the comparability percentage of each department has been calculated, including a programme-by-programme breakdown. This can be found in Annex B of the Statement of Funding Policy document published in June 2025: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/684859e3d0ca5d7801e4e6f6/Statement_of_Funding_Policy.pdf
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