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Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers April 2004

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Contents

Introduction

Supporting information:
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Summer Budget Revision

Introduction

1. This document provides supporting information for the Parliament and others in support of the "Budget (Scotland) Act 2004 Amendment Order 2004" - the Summer Budget Revision. The Order is a Scottish Statutory Instrument laid before the Parliament by the Executive in April 2004. The booklet itself has no statutory force - it is produced as an aid to understanding the Order.

2. The purpose of the Summer Budget Revision is to amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2004, which authorises the Executive's spending plans for the financial year 2004-05. Both amendments to the Act proposed in the Summer Budget Revision are connected to the budget for the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB). Although the Scottish Executive itself has no say over changes to the SPCB's budget, which are separately scrutinised by the Finance Committee, bodies such as the SPCB are included in the Budget Act and subsequent revisions to enable the Parliament to consider the entire Scottish Budget in one unified process. The changes proposed are:

i) to cover the increase of 29.4m in the cost of the Holyrood Project announced in the Presiding Officer's report to the Finance Committee of 24 ^th February; and

ii) to allow the SPCB to draw down 45.046m of anticipated End Year Flexibility (EYF). EYF would normally be drawn down in the Autumn Budget Revision, once provisional out-turn numbers have been agreed. But with the Holyrood Project on target for completion in July, this resource needs to be drawn down early to ensure the project is not further delayed. This does not represent any change in the overall cost of the building. Instead, it reflects the Parliamentary principle of "annuality" - budgets authorised for one year lapse if the resources are not used before the end of that year, and therefore need to be authorised by Parliament again.

The purpose of the Summer Budget Revision is to seek Parliamentary approval for these changes.

The form of this supporting document

3. The remainder of this document gives more detailed supporting tables explaining the changes sought, and reconciling the revised budget to the revised overall cash authorisation. There should therefore be a clear read across from the numbers shown on the face of the Budget Act, to those in these tables, and to the revised numbers shown in the Summer Budget Revision Order itself.

Process for the Budget Revision

4. Following detailed consideration by the Subordinate Legislation and Finance Committees, the Scottish Parliament will vote on the Summer Budget Revision order.

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Schedule 2.1: Total Departmental Changes for the Summer Budget Revision000's

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Schedule 2.2: Details of Proposed Changes for the Summer Budget Revision

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Schedule 3.1: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Details of Proposed Budget

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Further Supporting Tables

Revised Overall Cash Authorisation (Total Funding Requirement)

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Reconciliation of Revised Budget to Cash Authorisation

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