Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13

Chapter 6 Introduction

This section of the document provides greater detail on the Draft Budget for 2012-13 and the spending plans for the following two years for each portfolio. The Draft Budget 2012-13 will, subject to parliamentary consideration, form the basis of the Budget Bill 2012-13, which will be laid before the Scottish Parliament in January 2012.

OUR SPENDING PLANS

The following four tables lay out the Scottish Government spending plans for the financial years 2011-12 to 2014-15.

The Scottish Government's Total Managed Expenditure ( TME) amounts to £34 billion in 2012-13, including the Departmental Expenditure Limit ( DEL) of £28.3 billion announced as part of the UK Government Spending Review in October 2010.

In order to manage our budgets over the Spending Review period, we will make use of the Budget Exchange Scheme agreed with HM Treasury, whereby we can carry forward underspends, within agreed limits, and draw them down in the following year.

Table 6.01: Total Managed Expenditure by Portfolio

*includes Police & Fire pensions

Table 6.02: Departmental Expenditure Limits

*includes Police & Fire pensions

Table 6.03: Annually Managed Expenditure

The table below provides detail on the Scottish Government's proposed budget for 2012-13.

Table 6.04: Total Proposed Budget for 2012-13

All figures are in cash terms and presented on a full resource basis, and so include depreciation and impairment charges where appropriate.

COMPARATIVE SPENDING

Comparative figures for spending in 2011-12 are included in the detailed spending plans set out in each portfolio chapter.

In order to aid comparison with previously published spending plans, Annex A Table 1 presents the 2011-12 Draft Budget ( DEL) on the basis of the new portfolio structure and Annex E Table 5 provides a comparison from 2008-09 to 2014-15 on the new portfolio structure.

BUDGET 2011-12

The budget figures detailed for 2011-12 in the portfolio chapters are those as published in the Draft Budget 2011-12.

SCOTTISH VARIABLE RATE

The Scottish Government confirms that it will not use these tax-varying powers.

REAL TERM FIGURES

Real terms figures have been calculated using the latest estimated GDP deflators published by HM Treasury of 2.5, 2.7 and 2.7 per cent in respect of 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15.