Emergency Budget Review: 2022 to 2023

3.6

1.2

Forecast increase in commercial income.

2.4

Savings from enhanced recruitment controls, reduction in touring fund and National Performing Companies and Scottish Lord-lieutenant activities. Forecast changes across programmes.

1.6

Savings from enhanced recruitment controls and workplace/systems development.

0.8

Savings from enhanced recruitment controls and forecast changes across programmes.

42.7

3.0

EMA is a demand-led programme and fluctuates from year to year - saving is predicated on lower forecast demand. No change to qualification criteria.

1.0

Gaelic Resource being replaced with capital.

20.0

Lower forecast requirement in Further Education student support, other ring-fenced budgets such as National Transition Training Fund and additional European Structural Funds income.

2.0

Lower cap on STEM Bursary awards. Forecast reduction in applicants.
£800k through the consolidation of programmes within the Initial Teacher Education budget.
£200k resource reduction for SPPA teachers' pension scheme costs

16.7

Further resource/capital switches, forecast changes across programmes and savings targets within public bodies.

3.0

3.0

Delivery of Year 5 of FWDF is underway with applications closed in August. Latest estimates of spend are below the full allocation.

87.4

1.3

Forecast changes based on review of spend and project timelines.

53.0

Reduction in Employability spend. Work to be undertaken with Local Authorities and delivery partners now to learn the lessons from Phase 2 of No One Left Behind and to further strengthen our approach to the design and delivery of employability services.

10.0

Increased income projections including from Scottish National Investment Bank and Registrars of Scotland.

4.4

Saving through organisational redesign and resource to capital switching within digital. Savings from enhanced recruitment controls across portfolio.

18.7

2% efficiency savings across public bodies, forecast changes and savings across a number of programmes.

9.1

5.5

Forecast reduction in demand for RRT funding to replace lost income.

3.6

Forecast changes across programmes based on demand.

59.8

37.6

Forecast reduction in patronage numbers and fare levels. Risk based forecasting approach. No impact on eligibility.

5.0

Forecast additional EU funding.

1.0

Increased timber income projections.

4.0

Reduced resource investment offset by higher capital investment

12.2

Resource to capital switching, higher interest income within Scottish Water, reduced staff spend and forecast changes.

61.3

8.4

Savings from enhanced recruitment controls.

3.5

Legacy EU Scottish Rural Development Programme one-off modification forecast change.

2.2

Savings from enhanced recruitment controls and forecast changes within research programmes.

33.0

Deferral of UKG ring-fenced funds, to be returned to RAI in future years.

14.2

Forecast changes across programmes based on demand.

108.1

82.0

Utilisation of funding provided by the UKG as part of cost of living announcements in spring 2022.

20.0

Savings from enhanced recruitment controls.

6.1

Forecast changes across programmes based on demand and re-phasing as well as reductions in staff training, overtime and travel.

63.0

Income into the Scottish Consolidated Fund for further ScotWind revenues of up to £56m in 2022-23 from the ScotWind Clearing Process.

£7m interest income from short term investment of ScotWind funds. To be returned to NZET in future years.

440.4

120.0

Capital reprioritisation to be identified in multiple portfolios- capital spend so far funded via natural re-profiling.

560.4