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Annual Act of the Scottish Parliament
The
Scottish budget
is an annual
Act of the Scottish Parliament
, giving
statutory authority
to the
Scottish Government
for its
revenue
and
expenditure
plans. For the financial year 2024/25 the
budget
was approximately
£
59.7 billion.
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The Scottish Government Budget Bill is presented to Parliament by the
Cabinet Secretary for Finance
. The current Cabinet Secretary for Finance is
Shona Robison
who was appointed to the role in March 2023.
The Scottish Government is ultimately accountable to the members of the
Scottish Parliament
and to the Scottish public for its use of public money and how its spending is allocated. The Scottish Government allocates funding for areas which include schools, hospitals, policing, certain social security benefits, the economy, climate change and the environment, amongst others, from the Scottish budget. The Scottish budget is primarily funded via the Scottish block grant as well as revenue from devolved taxes.
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An agreement between the Scottish and UK Government, known as the Fiscal Framework, details arrangements on how Scotland is required to manage its funding which includes limits on borrowing powers as well as arrangements for a reserve fund to allow the transfer of funding between financial years.
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Budget Acts
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- Budget (Scotland) Act 2000
(
asp 2
), presented by
Jack McConnell
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2001
(
asp 4
), presented by
Angus Mackay
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2002
(
asp 7
), presented by
Andy Kerr
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2003
(
asp 6
), presented by Andy Kerr
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2004
(
asp 2
), presented by Andy Kerr
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2005
(
asp 4
), presented by
Tom McCabe
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2006
(
asp 5
), presented by Tom McCabe
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2007
(
asp 9
), presented by Tom McCabe
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2008
(
asp 2
), presented by
John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2009
(
asp 2
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2010
(
asp 4
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2011
(
asp 4
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2012
(
asp 2
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2013
(
asp 4
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2014
(
asp 6
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2015
(
asp 2
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2016
(
asp 12
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2017
(
asp 1
), presented by Derek Mackay
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2018
(
asp 1
), presented by Derek Mackay
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2019
(
asp 3
), presented by Derek Mackay
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2020
(
asp 5
), presented by
Kate Forbes
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2021
(
asp 8
), presented by Kate Forbes
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2022
(
asp 3
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2023
(
asp 2
), presented by John Swinney
- Budget (Scotland) Act 2024
(
asp 3
), presented by
Shona Robison
See also
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Scottish public finance
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References
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External links
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