Budget - Provisional Outturn 2022-2023: briefing note

The 2022-2023 Provisional Outturn briefing note provides further supporting information to the Provisional Outturn statement 2022-2023 delivered by the Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance on 15 June 2023.


Provisional Outturn – HM Treasury Budgets

1. The 2022-23 provisional HM Treasury fiscal outturn is £46.9 billion against a fiscal budget of £47.1 billion. The remaining funding of £244 million (which represents 0.5% of the total budget) has been carried forward within the Scotland Reserve, table 1 provides further detail.

2. The majority of this carry forward was anticipated and is already included in 2023-24 funding plans, specifically:

  • £39 million anticipated within the 2023-24 Budget (published in December 2022); and
  • £115 million of additional funding announced (at stage 3 of the Budget Bill on 21 February 2023) by the Deputy First Minister to further support Local Government, Creative Scotland and the inter-island ferry network.

3. An element of our budget allocation from HM Treasury is non-cash, which is used for accounting adjustments, predominantly depreciation. This underspend is £984 million. It is not possible to use this ring-fenced non-cash budget to support any day-to-day spending. Non-cash funding does not flow to the Scotland Reserve and is not included in our headline provisional outturn results.

Table 1: 2022-23 Provisional Outturn HM Treasury Budget Variances by Portfolio
2022-23 Provisional Outturn Fiscal Variances by Portfolio - HM Treasury Controls
Portfolio Resource Capital FTs Total Non-Cash Total
  £m £m £m £m £m £m
Finance and Economy 12 (26) (42) (56) (7) (63)
Health and Social Care 1 (36) (2) (37) (3) (40)
Education and Skills (94) (36) 0 (130) 403 273
Net Zero Energy and Transport (33) (244) 2 (275) 1 (274)
Constitution External Affairs and Culture (2) (4) 0 (6) 1 (5)
Justice and Veterans (31) (1) 0 (32) 0 (32)
Rural Affairs and Islands (5) (10) 1 (14) (2) (16)
Social Justice Housing and Local Government 52 (5) (81) (34) (19) (53)
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery (5) 4 0 (1) 0 (1)
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (1) 0 0 (1) 0 (1)
Total Scottish Government (106) (358) (122) (586) 374 (212)
Other Bodies within the Scottish Administration (7) 2 0 (5) (6) (11)
Total Scottish Administration (113) (356) (122) (591) 368 (223)
Other Bodies funded directly from the Scottish Budget (2) 0 0 (2) 0 (2)
Total Scottish Budget (115) (356) (122) (593) 368 (225)
Funding Adjustments* (65) 331 83 349 (1,352) (1,003)
Provisional Outturn (180) (25) (39) (244) (984) (1,228)

* Funding adjustments relate to adjustments made after conclusion of the Spring Budget Review which are not included in portfolio allocations.

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