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DIRECTORATE FOR CHIEF ECONOMIST
DECON : Office of the Chief Economic Adviser - Economic
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Analysis
 
 
 
 
Marsha Wells
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Our Reference: 202200295570
Your Reference: All spending Scotland
 
28 April 2022
 
Dear Marsha Wells,
 
REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)
Thank you for your request dated 19 April 2020 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
(FOISA).
Your request
You asked for:
"Total day-to-day devolved spending and spending on the state pension and universal credit was £61.7
billion
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/total_day_to_day_devolved_spendi#incoming-2023224
Selected spending lines (£ million) 2020-21
Scottish Government and Local Government current expenditure
General public services
- Public and common services £1,421
- International services £1
- Public sector debt interest £0
Defence £4
Public order and safety £2,841
Economic Affairs
- Enterprise and economic development £811
Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. See
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- Science and technology £1
- Employment policies £0
- Agriculture, forestry and fisheries £758
- Transport £2,017
Environment protection £862
Housing and community amenities £363
Health £16,515
Recreation, culture and religion £972
Education and training £8,367
Social protection £8,783
EU Transactions £0
Accounting adjustment £6,317
Total current Scottish Government & Local Government (Table 3.2) £50,031
State pension (Box 3.2) £8,517
Universal credit (Box 3.2) £3,170
Total £61,718"
Please provide in same format as above FOI request
Values for ALL non-devolved spending (excluding all values originally provided for FOI Reference:
202200290579)
My expectation is values from both FOI requests to reflect GERS figures (As produced & published by
SNP Governemt)
ps: Can both FOI columns & values be included side by side  - so as to make it easy for public
consumption?
Response to your request
All of the information you have requested is available from the latest Government Expenditure &
Revenue Scotland (GERS) publication and website:
Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2020-21 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably
accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the
website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review
of the response, by writing to:
Gary Gillespie
Chief Economist
Scottish Government
4WR St Andrews House
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Edinburgh
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Yours sincerely
 
 
 
 
 
Iain Pearce
OCEAEA : Macroeconomic and Fiscal
Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. See
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