THE SCOTTISH BUDGET
HISTORICAL

Scotland's budget for 2017-18 was £39,274m. The forecast for 2018-19 is £40,529.8m. This represents an increase of 3.2% in cash terms and an increase of 1.6% in real terms.

The Scottish Government's budget control limits will rise from £31,869m in 2017-18 to £32,679m in 2018-19. This represents an increase of 2.5% in cash terms and an increase of 1.0% in real terms.
Scottish Budget Historical
Year Cash Terms (£m) Real Terms (2017-18 £m)
2008-09 31,935 36,853
2009-10 33,651 38,277
2010-11 34,235 38,242
2011-12 33,488 36,876
2012-13 33,761 36,420
2013-14 34,343 36,426
2014-15 36,390 38,046
2015-16 36,931 38,353
2016-17 37,297 37,879
2017-18 39,274 39,274
2018-19 40,530 39,936
Figures from 2008-09 to 2016-17 are the latest available outturn numbers published in the Scottish Government Draft Budget Documents.

Revised Total Scottish Budget numbers for 2017-2018 are calculated using totals of L2 spend from 2018-2019 Draft Document, as the total was not provided as a single figure in the 2018-19 draft document.

All figures are shown net of Scottish Parliament and Audit Scotland spending, which for 2018-19 was £109.6m.

We have used the Real Terms Deflator from the HMRC GDP Deflator tables that were current when the 2018-19 Draft Budget Document was published. This is in line with the Scottish Government Budget Draft document published in Nov 2017.

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REAL TERMS CALCULATIONS

The Real Terms calculations above are carried out using the HMT's deflator tables. There are a number of methods for measuring inflation, however when discussing public revenue and expenditure, typically the HMT's GDP deflator is used to calculate the real terms equivalent. We have provided an easy to use Calculator for your convenience here.