Scottish Budget 2021 to 2022 - Your Scotland, Your Finances: guide

Our financial system in 2021-22

Scottish budget in 2021-22 is £55.3 billion

Scotland's Published Accounts

The Scottish Government's latest published accounts are for 2019-20 and they were given a clean bill of health by Audit Scotland. This was the 15th consecutive year they received an unqualified opinion.

Payments Made

For financial year 2019-20 the Scottish Government, its Executive Agencies and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service made 98.7% of all payments within 10 days.

Block Grant Adjustment

For all taxes set, raised or assigned in Scotland, the block grant is reduced.

Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement

We have published an Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement which considered how the draft Budget would impact on key inequalities across protected characteristics and socio-economic disadvantage, as well as on human rights. Scottish Budget 2021-2022: Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget statement - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)