Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the Scottish Government’s DEL net of depreciation and impairments will be increased by £598,482,000 from £28,708,902,000 to £29,307,384,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
£’000 | Changes | Revised DEL |
---|---|---|
Resource DEL (RDEL) | 94,551 | 26,723,200 |
Of which: | ||
RDEL excluding depreciation | 2,351 | 25,810,715 |
Depreciation ring-fenced in RDEL | 92,200 | 730,937 |
Student loans ring-fenced in RDEL | 0 | 181,548 |
Capital DEL | 596,131 | 3,498,539 |
The increase in the Scotland DEL takes account of the following adjustments to the Scottish Government provision amounting to increases of £690,682,000:
Increase of Barnett consequentials—council tax freeze grant of £32,538,000 (Resource DEL);
Increase of £2,324,000 for autumn 2014 statement Barnett consequentials (Resource DEL);
Budget exchange transfers of £142,243,000 (Resource DEL), £42,200,000 (Resource DEL depreciation) and £34,805,000 (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Culture Media and Sport Energy and Climate Change of £70,830,000 in respect of Urban Broadband (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department of Energy and Climate Change of £15,101,000 in respect of the Energy agreement (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department of Energy and Climate Change of £2,495,000 in respect of Energy efficiency (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Transport of £1,121,000 for Dundee-London public service obligation (Resource DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions of £1,568,000 for fit for work (Resource DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions of £600,000 for single fraud investigation service (Resource DEL);
A transfer for cash management rebate of £379,000 (Resource DEL);
A transfer for the coastal communities fund of £4,083,000 (Resource DEL);
A transfer of non-cash costs for the higher and further education sector of £50,000,000 (Resource DEL depreciation);
A transfer for the Queensferry Crossing: re-payment of prepayment (Stage 2) of £24,000,000 (Capital DEL);
A transfer for the RDEL adjustment: VAT on legal services of £184,000 (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £847,000 in respect of the G8 policing costs (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £832,000 in respect of the Blue Lights charities (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £5,000,000 in respect of the Glasgow School of Art (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £2,900,000 in respect of the utilisation of Scottish cultural collections (Capital DEL);
A reserve claim of £300,000,000 in respect of the private finance deals coming on balance sheet (Capital DEL);
A switch of £189,000,000 from resource DEL to capital DEL (Resource DEL);
A switch of £189,000,000 from resource DEL (Capital DEL);
A transfer of £5,000,000 for the Shetland Isles (Capital DEL).
The overall effect of these changes is to increase the grant to the Scottish Consolidated Fund by £201,031,000.
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