Written answer given in response to Jackie Baillie's (Lab) question
asking the the Scottish Government what the impact would be on (a) teacher numbers, (b) school building programmes and (c) class sizes if the Barnett formula was abandoned and its budget reduced by at least £4 billion.
The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, John Swinnery replied, that he would like to refer the member to the answer to question S4W-24030 on 30 January 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
For the full answer to this and other questions see the Scottish
Parliament Written Answer Report 9 February 2015 which is available from
the Scottish Parliament website.