Spring budget revision: 2020 to 2021

Supporting document to the Budget (Scotland) 2020 Amendment Regulations 2021 known as the Spring budget Revision (SBR). The SBR is the final opportunity to amend the Budget Act before the end of the financial year.


Justice

Schedule 2.1 Total Changes for the Spring Budget Revision
Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Total Budget in the Autumn Budget Revision 2,630.8 75.1 2,705.9
Changes Proposed
COVID-19 and other Funding Changes 231.2 0.5 231.7
Reprioritisation -35.6 -17.1 -52.7
Technical Adjustments 2.5 0.0 2.5
Net Whitehall Transfers -0.3 0.0 -0.3
Net Transfers within Scottish Block 5.0 -7.3 -2.3
Total changes proposed 202.8 -23.9 178.9
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision 2,833.6 51.2 2,884.8
Operating Capital Total
Expenditure Limit: £m £m £m
Community Justice Services 41.8 0.1 41.9
Judiciary 1.0 0.0 1.0
Criminal Injuries Compensation 21.7 0.0 21.7
Legal Aid 113.1 0.0 113.1
Police Central Government 82.0 0.4 82.4
Safer and Stronger Communities 11.9 0.0 11.9
Police and Fire Pensions 458.0 0.0 458.0
Scottish Prison Service 300.6 50.7 351.3
Miscellaneous 58.3 0.0 58.3
Scottish Police Authority 1,267.0 0.0 1,267.0
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service 307.8 0.0 307.8
Justice Central Government Grants to Local Authorities 86.5 0.0 86.5
Total Expenditure Limit 2,749.7 51.2 2,800.9
UK Funded AME:
Scottish Prison Service 1.1 0.0 1.1
Total UK Funded AME 1.1 0.0 1.1
Other Expenditure:
Scottish Prison Service 79.0 0.0 79.0
Scottish Police Authority Loan Charges 3.8 0.0 3.8
Total Other Expenditure 82.8 0.0 82.8
Total Budget 2,833.6 51.2 2,884.8
Total Limit on Income (accruing resources) 39.7
Schedule 3.1 Community Justice Services
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 44.0 0.0 44.0
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 44.0 0.0 44.0
ABR changes -2.3 0.0 -2.3
ABR Budget 41.7 0.0 41.7
Proposed changes 0.1 0.1 0.2
SBR Proposed Budget 41.8 0.1 41.9
Summary of proposed changes
Transfer from the Justice Central Government Grants to Local Authorities for the funding for the men's service 1.2 0.0 1.2
Redeployment of funding from savings resulting from the volume of Electronic Management orders reducing due to Covid -1.0 0.0 -1.0
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers -0.1 0.1 0.0
0.1 0.1 0.2
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 41.8 0.1 41.9
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
41.8 0.1 41.9
Budget Analysis
Offender Services 38.1 0.0 38.1
Community Justice Services Miscellaneous 3.7 0.1 3.8
Net Expenditure 41.8 0.1 41.9
Schedule 3.2 Judiciary
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 1.0 0.0 1.0
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 1.0 0.0 1.0
ABR changes 0.0 0.0 0.0
ABR Budget 1.0 0.0 1.0
Proposed changes 0.0 0.0 0.0
SBR Proposed Budget 1.0 0.0 1.0
Summary of proposed changes
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 1.1 0.0 1.1
Less: Retained Income -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.0 1.0
Budget Analysis
Judiciary 1.0 0.0 1.0
Net Expenditure 1.0 0.0 1.0
Schedule 3.3 Criminal Injuries Compensation
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 15.5 0.0 15.5
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 15.5 0.0 15.5
ABR changes 0.0 0.0 0.0
ABR Budget 15.5 0.0 15.5
Proposed changes 6.2 0.0 6.2
SBR Proposed Budget 21.7 0.0 21.7
Summary of proposed changes
Transfer from Legal Aid to allow for cases to be paid out timeously. 6.2 0.0 6.2
6.2 0.0 6.2
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 21.7 0.0 21.7
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
21.7 0.0 21.7
Budget Analysis
CIC Scheme 20.0 0.0 20.0
Criminal Injuries Administration Costs 1.7 0.0 1.7
Net Expenditure 21.7 0.0 21.7
Schedule 3.4 Police Central Government
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 52.4 4.6 57.0
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 52.4 4.6 57.0
ABR changes 4.2 0.0 4.2
ABR Budget 56.6 4.6 61.2
Proposed changes 25.4 -4.2 21.2
SBR Proposed Budget 82.0 0.4 82.4
Summary of proposed changes
Additional funding to meet additional costs 45.5 0.4 45.9
Additional funding for Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) 5.2 0.0 5.2
Transfer to Scottish Police Authority to support the implementation of Policing 2026 -25.0 -4.6 -29.6
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers -0.3 0.0 -0.3
25.4 -4.2 21.2
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 84.1 0.4 84.5
Less: Retained Income -2.1 0.0 -2.1
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
82.0 0.4 82.4
Budget Analysis
National Police Funding & Police Change Fund 81.6 0.4 82.0
Police Support Services 0.4 0.0 0.4
Net Expenditure 82.0 0.4 82.4
Schedule 3.5 Legal Aid
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 136.9 0.0 136.9
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 136.9 0.0 136.9
ABR changes 0.0 0.0 0.0
ABR Budget 136.9 0.0 136.9
Proposed changes -23.8 0.0 -23.8
SBR Proposed Budget 113.1 0.0 113.1
Summary of proposed changes
Redeployment of funding as a result of savings which have arisen due to the impact of Covid-19 on the legal profession. -17.2 0.0 -17.2
Transfer to Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to allow for cases to be paid out timeously -6.2 0.0 -6.2
Transfer to Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to cover the cost of paying a revised and backdated recruitment and retention allowance to eligible senators and sheriffs -1.1 0.0 -1.1
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers 0.7 0.0 0.7
-23.8 0.0 -23.8
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 113.9 0.0 113.9
Less: Retained Income -0.8 0.0 -0.8
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
113.1 0.0 113.1
Budget Analysis
Legal Aid Administration 12.6 0.0 12.6
Legal Aid Fund 100.5 0.0 100.5
Net Expenditure 113.1 0.0 113.1
Schedule 3.6 Safer and Stronger Communities
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 11.6 0.0 11.6
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 11.6 0.0 11.6
ABR changes 0.0 0.0 0.0
ABR Budget 11.6 0.0 11.6
Proposed changes 0.3 0.0 0.3
SBR Proposed Budget 11.9 0.0 11.9
Summary of proposed changes
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers 0.3 0.0 0.3
0.3 0.0 0.3
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 11.9 0.0 11.9
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
11.9 0.0 11.9
Budget Analysis
Safer Communities 11.9 0.0 11.9
Net Expenditure 11.9 0.0 11.9
Schedule 3.7 Police and Fire Pensions
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 350.6 0.0 350.6
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 350.6 0.0 350.6
ABR changes 0.0 0.0 0.0
ABR Budget 350.6 0.0 350.6
Proposed changes 107.4 0.0 107.4
SBR Proposed Budget 458.0 0.0 458.0
Summary of proposed changes
Additional funding to meet additional costs of pensions 107.4 0.0 107.4
107.4 0.0 107.4
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 458.0 0.0 458.0
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
458.0 0.0 458.0
Budget Analysis
Police Pensions 354.2 0.0 354.2
Fire Pensions 103.8 0.0 103.8
Net Expenditure 458.0 0.0 458.0
Schedule 3.8 Scottish Prison Service
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 375.6 67.8 443.4
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 375.6 67.8 443.4
ABR changes 0.0 0.0 0.0
ABR Budget 375.6 67.8 443.4
Proposed changes 5.1 -17.1 -12.0
SBR Proposed Budget 380.7 50.7 431.4
Summary of proposed changes
Additional funding to meet additional costs 2.8 0.0 2.8
Additional non-cash AME for provisions and impairment 1.1 0.0 1.1
Rephasing of development of the prisons estate due to the impact of Covid-19 0.0 -17.1 -17.1
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers 1.2 0.0 1.2
5.1 -17.1 -12.0
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 387.9 50.7 438.6
Less: Retained Income -7.2 0.0 -7.2
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
380.7 50.7 431.4
Budget Analysis
Income from Sale of Prison Goods -6.9 0.0 -6.9
Prisons Capital Expenditure 0.0 50.7 50.7
Scottish Prison Service Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
Scottish Prison Service Current Expenditure 308.6 0.0 308.6
Scottish Prison Service PPP/PFI 79.0 0.0 79.0
Net Expenditure 380.7 50.7 431.4
Schedule 3.9 Miscellaneous
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 53.6 5.0 58.6
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 53.6 5.0 58.6
ABR changes -3.3 -2.3 -5.6
ABR Budget 50.3 2.7 53.0
Proposed changes 8.0 -2.7 5.3
SBR Proposed Budget 58.3 0.0 58.3
Summary of proposed changes
Transfer to Health to support improvements in forensic medical examinations 0.0 -2.0 -2.0
Additional Covid funding for Legal Aid Resilience Fund 9.0 0.0 9.0
Additional funding to meet additional costs 0.9 0.0 0.9
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers -1.9 -0.7 -2.6
8.0 -2.7 5.3
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 58.3 0.0 58.3
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
58.3 0.0 58.3
Budget Analysis
Safe & Secure Scotland 13.8 0.0 13.8
Victim/Witness Support 11.8 0.0 11.8
Other Miscellaneous 32.7 0.0 32.7
Net Expenditure 58.3 0.0 58.3
Schedule 3.10 Scottish Police Authority
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 1,194.1 0.0 1,194.1
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 1,194.1 0.0 1,194.1
ABR changes 0.6 0.0 0.6
ABR Budget 1,194.7 0.0 1,194.7
Proposed changes 76.1 0.0 76.1
SBR Proposed Budget 1,270.8 0.0 1,270.8
Summary of proposed changes
Additional funding to meet additional costs 44.2 0.0 44.2
Transfer from Police Central Government to support the implementation of Policing 2026 29.6 0.0 29.6
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers 2.3 0.0 2.3
76.1 0.0 76.1
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 1,270.8 0.0 1,270.8
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
1,270.8 0.0 1,270.8
Budget Analysis
Scottish Police Authority 1,267.0 0.0 1,267.0
Police Loan Charges 3.8 0.0 3.8
Net Expenditure 1,270.8 0.0 1,270.8
Schedule 3.11 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 308.5 0.0 308.5
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 308.5 0.0 308.5
ABR changes 0.1 0.0 0.1
ABR Budget 308.6 0.0 308.6
Proposed changes -0.8 0.0 -0.8
SBR Proposed Budget 307.8 0.0 307.8
Summary of proposed changes
Redeployment of funding to support Covid 19 measures -1.0 0.0 -1.0
Miscellaneous Minor Transfers 0.2 0.0 0.2
-0.8 0.0 -0.8
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 307.8 0.0 307.8
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
307.8 0.0 307.8
Budget Analysis
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service 307.8 0.0 307.8
Net Expenditure 307.8 0.0 307.8
Schedule 3.12 Justice Central Government Grants to Local Authorities
Details of Proposed Budget
Proposed Changes Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Original Budget 86.5 0.0 86.5
Changes in the SuBR 0.0 0.0 0.0
SuBR Budget 86.5 0.0 86.5
ABR changes 1.2 0.0 1.2
ABR Budget 87.7 0.0 87.7
Proposed changes -1.2 0.0 -1.2
SBR Proposed Budget 86.5 0.0 86.5
Summary of proposed changes
Transfer to Community Justice Services for the funding of the "men's service " -1.2 0.0 -1.2
-1.2 0.0 -1.2
Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision Operating Capital Total
£m £m £m
Gross Expenditure 86.5 0.0 86.5
Less: Retained Income 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Receipts Applied 0.0 0.0 0.0
86.5 0.0 86.5
Budget Analysis
Criminal Justice Social Work 86.5 0.0 86.5
Net Expenditure 86.5 0.0 86.5

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