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Comprehensive Spending Review

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

12. To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the comprehensive spending review settlement provided to the Scottish Executive. (190404)

The results of the comprehensive spending review delivered an unequivocally good settlement for Scotland. By the end of the period, the money available to the Scottish Executive will reach £30 billion—more than double the 1999 figure of £14 billion which Donald Dewar had.