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: 202200290579
Your Reference: request-847655-3b3a167a
19 April 2022
Dear Marsha Wells,
REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)
Thank you for your request dated 26 March 2022 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
1 Please provide itemized breakdown of said £61.7 billion?
2 Please confirm letter contents are indeed 100% true?
Response to your request
The table below sets out the information you have requested. This provides a breakdown of the total
devolved day-to-day spending shown in Table 3.2 of the Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland
(GERS) publication, as well as expenditure on the state pension and universal credit, which is taken
from Box 3.2 of GERS.
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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
- 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
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Yours sincerely
Iain Pearce
OCEAEA : Macroeconomic and Fiscal
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