Question reference: S3W-31316
- Date lodged: 1 February 2010
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 February 2010
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29588 by John Swinney on 16 December 2009, what proportion and value of funding to support the Scottish budget was non-recurring in 2008-09 and is non-recurring in 2009-10.
Answer
End year flexibility accounted for £313 million and £400 million of the Scottish funding for 2008-09 and 2009-10 respectively. Asset sales accounted for £25 million in 2008-09, the 2009-10 figure is not yet available. One-off Barnett consequentials accounted for a further £19 million in 2009-10. In total these sources of funding account for less than 2% of the Scottish Government''s total Departmental Expenditure Limit funding.