Scottish budget

The Scottish budget is an annual Act of the Scottish Parliament, giving statutory authority to the Scottish Government for its revenue and expenditure plans. For the financial year 2016/17 the budget was approximately £33.18 billion.[1]

The Budget Bill is presented to Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, who, as of 18 May 2016, is Derek Mackay.

Budget Acts

  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 2), presented by Jack McConnell
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 4), presented by Angus Mackay
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 7), presented by Andy Kerr
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 6), presented by Andy Kerr
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 2), presented by Andy Kerr
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 4), presented by Tom McCabe
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 5), presented by Tom McCabe
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 9), presented by Tom McCabe
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 2), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 2), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 4), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 4), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 2), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 4), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 6), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 2), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 12), presented by John Swinney
  • Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 (asp 1), presented by Derek Mackay

See also

Scottish public finance

References

  1. Scottish Parliament (2016). Budget (Scotland) Act 2016. The National Archives. ISBN 978-0-10-590286-7.
  • Scottish Budget pages at the official Scottish Government website
  • "A Scottish budget for jobs and growth". News Releases - Draft Budget for 2013-14. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government. 19 September 2012.


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