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Spring Budget Revision 2025-26 - supporting document
Supporting document to the Budget (Scotland) Act 2025 Amendment Regulations 2026. Provides details of Level 2 and 3 budgets.
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
Schedule 2.1 Total Changes for the Spring Budget Revision
| Total Changes for the Spring Budget Revision | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Budget following the Autumn Budget Revision | 188.081 | 19.600 | 207.681 |
| Funding Changes | 0.220 | 0.000 | 0.220 |
| Technical Adjustments | 0.050 | 1.020 | 1.070 |
| Net Whitehall Transfers | 1.730 | 0.000 | 1.730 |
| Net Transfers within Scottish Block | 9.067 | 0.000 | 9.067 |
| Total changes proposed | 11.067 | 1.020 | 12.087 |
| Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision | 199.148 | 20.620 | 219.768 |
| Expenditure Limit | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | 199.098 | 19.6 | 218.698 |
| Total Expenditure Limit | 199.098 | 19.6 | 218.698 |
| UK Funded AME | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | 0.050 | 1.020 | 1.070 |
| Total UK Funded AME | 0.050 | 1.020 | 1.070 |
| Other Expenditure | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Total Other Expenditure | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Total Budget | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Budget | 199.148 | 20.620 | 219.768 |
Total Limit on Income (accruing resources) 57.000
Schedule 3.1 Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
Details of Proposed Budget
| Proposed Changes | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Budget | 157.382 | 19.600 | 176.982 |
| ABR changes | 30.699 | 0.000 | 30.699 |
| ABR Budget | 188.081 | 19.600 | 207.681 |
| Proposed Changes | 11.067 | 1.020 | 12.087 |
| SBR Proposed Budget | 199.148 | 20.620 | 219.768 |
| Summary of proposed changes | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer from Social Security to support the running costs for the Social Security Chamber. | 4.200 | 0.000 | 4.200 |
| Transfer from Cabinet Office to cover the full-year cost of staff transferred from Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to SCTS in 2024/25 and fee-paid member sitting costs based on the reduction in HMCTS spend as a result of the devolution of adult disability benefits. | 1.730 | 0.000 | 1.730 |
| Transfer from Housing to support the operational costs for the First-tier Tribunal Housing and Property Chamber | 1.398 | 0.000 | 1.398 |
| Reprioritisation of resources to meet additional costs | 1.150 | 0.000 | 1.150 |
| Technical Adjustment - IFRS 16 Leases | 0.000 | 1.020 | 1.020 |
| Miscellaneous Minor Transfers | 2.589 | 0.000 | 2.589 |
| Proposed Changes | 11.067 | 1.020 | 12.087 |
| Proposed Budget following Spring Budget Revision | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Expenditure | 254.148 | 20.620 | 274.768 |
| Less: Retained Income | (55.000) | 0.000 | (55.000) |
| Less: Capital Receipts Applied | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 199.148 | 20.620 | 219.768 |
| Budget Analysis | Operating
£m |
Capital
£m |
Total
£m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Expenditure | 254.098 | 0.000 | 254.098 |
| Less Civil Fees | (45.000) | 0.000 | (45.000) |
| Less Other Income (SCTS) | (10.000) | 0.000 | (10.000) |
| SCTS AME | 0.050 | 1.020 | 1.070 |
| Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Capital | 0.000 | 19.600 | 19.600 |
| Net Expenditure | 199.148 | 20.620 | 219.768 |