Scottish Government consolidated accounts 2016 to 2017

Annual report of consolidated financial results of the Scottish Government, its Executive Agencies and the Crown Office.


Justice

Restated
2015-16
Outturn
£m
Programme Variance
Note
Gross
Expenditure
£m
Income
Applied
£m
Outturn
£m
Budget
£m
Variance
£m
Departmental Expenditure Limit ( DEL)
28 Community Justice Services 25 - 25 26 (1)
11 Judiciary 1 - 1 3 (2)
18 Criminal Injuries Compensation 17 - 17 18 (1)
150 Legal Aid 1 146 - 146 138 8
26 Police Central Government 29 2 27 27 -
6 Safer and Stronger Communities 10 6 4 4 -
427 Police and Fire Pensions 2 372 - 372 380 (8)
265 Scottish Prison Service 277 8 269 269 -
35 Miscellaneous 37 - 37 37 -
1,083 Scottish Police Authority 1,075 - 1,075 1,075 -
287 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service 3 275 - 275 268 7
86 Central Government Grants to Local Authorities 88 - 88 88 -
2,422 Total DEL 2,352 16 2,336 2,333 3
Annually Managed Expenditure ( AME)
(4) Scottish Prison Service 4 (9) - (9) (5) (4)
(115) Police and Fire Pensions - - - - -
(119) Total AME (9) - (9) (5) (4)
Other Expenditure ( ODEL)
63 Scottish Prison Service 71 - 71 71 -
5 Scottish Police Authority Loan Charges 5 - 5 5 -
68 Total ODEL 76 - 76 76 -
2,371 Total Resources 2,419 16 2,403 2,404 (1)
4 Capital DEL - Additions 5 2 - 2 11 (9)
(1) Capital DEL - Disposals/Repayments - - - - -
3 Total Capital 2 - 2 11 (9)
2,374 Total Outturn 2,421 16 2,405 2,415 (10)

In addition to direct expenditure, the share of administration costs allocated to the Justice Portfolio is £8m. This gives total net expenditure of £2,413m.

Explanation of Major Variances greater than £3m:

Note 1 Additional Scottish Legal Aid Board grant-in-aid drawdown for working capital purposes.
Note 2 Variance due to demand-led activity within Police and Fire Pensions.
Note 3 Additional Scottish Fire and Rescue Service grant-in-aid drawdown for working capital purposes.
Note 4 Variance due to Scottish Prison Service asset impairments being lower than expected.
Note 5 £4m as a result of revised timing of UK Government-led projects within the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme. Further £4m following Emergency Responder Telecommunications costs reclassification with additional £1m in other minor variances.

Remaining £4m consists of other minor variances across a number of programmes within the portfolio.

Contact

Enail: Alison Douglas, alison.douglas@gov.scot

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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