Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 17 November 2021Answered: 23 November 2021

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Ian Murray)

Following the spring statement, it was confirmed that the block grant for Scotland this year was a record £50 billion. That was no thanks to the SNP and Reform, which both voted against that massive funding boost for Scotland and want to scrap the Barnett formula that delivered it. Despite that record funding, the SNP still has no plan to get waiting lists down, when one in six Scots are stuck on an NHS waiting list and the educational attainment gap is growing by the day.