This briefing summarises the broad trends in the Scottish Government‘s spending plans for 2012-15.
More detailed presentation of the budget figures can be found in the Draft Budget 2012-13 spreadsheet. Level 1 and 2 refer to "higher" level figures.
Level 3 is the most detailed published breakdown of the Government‘s figures and can be found in the Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 Level 3 spreadsheet. More detailed "level 4" figures will be provided by the Scottish Government and published on the Financial Scrutiny webpage when available.
Read SPICe Briefing: SB 11-72 Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 (747KB pdf)
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Published: 23 September 2011