Spring Budget Revision 2023-2024 guide: finance update for the FPAC
Background information provided to the Finance and Public Administration Committee (FPAC) to help with members' scrutiny of the Spring Budget Revision (SBR) 2023 to 2024.
Annex A – Progress against savings targets outlined in DFM’s letter
| Portfolio by Budget Line | Resource | Capital | Included within ABR £m | Included in the SBR £m | Amounts still to be realised £m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £m | £m | ||||
| NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care | 72.3 | 0 | 72.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chief Scientist Office - Research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Various | 4.2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Digital health and care | 11.6 | 0 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Health workforce - Expansion Posts | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mental Health Recovery and Renewal Fund | 22.4 | 0 | 22.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mental Health Transformation Fund | 7.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Public Health capabilities - Immunisations | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Primary Care Reform and Delivery | 11.6 | 0 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Revenue consequences of Non-Profit Distribution Schemes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Board Recovery/Corporate Governance | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Justice | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Fairer Scotland | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.5 | |
| Wellbeing Economy Fair Work and Energy | 19 | 45 | 10 | 54 | 0 |
| Employability | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Highlands and Islands settlement income | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| City & Region Deals | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Energy Industries | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Justice | 7.5 | 20 | 0 | 27.5 | 0 |
| Other National Funding – Justice Reform | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Justice Other | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Other National Funding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Scottish Prison Service | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education and Skills | 152.4 | 13 | 54.5 | 74.6 | 36.3 |
| Lifelong Learning and Skills: various | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 8.6* |
| Scottish Funding Council | 102 | 0 | 46 | 26 | 30** |
| Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) | 4.3 | 0 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Higher Education International Activity | 6.2 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Technologies for Learning | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Student Award Agency Scotland | 21.6 | 0 | 0 | 21.6 | 0 |
| Transport, Net Zero & Just Transition | 0 | 146.3 | 0 | 137.3 | 9 |
| Vessels and Piers – small vessels replacement programme | 0 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Vessels and Piers – port works | 0 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Future Transport Fund | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 |
| Motorway & Trunk Roads Capital Land and Works | 0 | 13.8 | 0 | 13.8 | 0 |
| Heat in Buildings (expenditure and income) | 0 | 47 | 0 | 38 | 9*** |
| Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands | 43.1 | 0 | 25 | 18.1 | 0 |
| Forestry and Land Scotland | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Forestry | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Agricultural Support and Related Service – Various Schemes (AECs, Pillar 1, Business Development) | 21.1 | 0 | 10 | 11.1 | 0 |
| Agricultural Support and Related Services – EU Income | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Agricultural Support and Related Services – Agricultural Reform Programme | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Marine Scotland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Natural Resources | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funding adjustments | 94.8 | 62.1 | 120.3 | 36.6 | 0 |
| Consequentials | 94.8 | 62.1 | 120.3 | 36.6 | 0 |
| Total Budget savings outlined in letter | 391.4 | 288.9 | 284.4 | 350.6 | 45.3 |
* Savings target not fully achieved by Lifelong Learning but has been achieved elsewhere within the portfolio
** The Scottish Funding Council were unable to fully meet their savings target in time to reflect these savings within the Spring Budget Revision. They are continuing to work towards bridging this gap ahead of the end of the financial year
*** Saving target not fully achieved by Heat in Buildings has been achieved elsewhere within the portfolio
The tables above show’s portfolios progress against the savings targets outlined in the Deputy First Minister’s letter to the FPAC on 21 November 2023. Where a portfolio has exceeded its savings target in an individual budget line the amounts in excess have not been included within the table above and reported within the Spring Budget Revision.
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