S3W-01357: What the total Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) underspend against budget was in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-…

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) underspend against budget was in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07; how much of the underspend was returned to SEERAD as end-of-year funding for its use in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; whether there was any split in the use of that funding between capital and resource and, if so, what the split was, and how much SEERAD contributed to the Centrally Unallocated Provision in (A) 2004-05, (B) 2005-06 and (C) 2006-07.

The answer

Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 Jul 2007 · 32 days after it was lodged, 4 days after it was due

Under spending by the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs against its Budgets in theyears 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 was £39 million, £46 million and £54 millionrespectively. The allocations made to the Department at the end of 2004-05 and2005-06, for later use under the End Year Flexibility (EYF) arrangements were£36 million (composed of £28 million capital and £8 million resource) and £9 million(entirely capital) respectively.
Provisional under spendingagainst the Department’s 2006-07 Budget is £54 million (composed of £38 millioncapital and £16 million resource). No allocationsof end year flexibility for 2006-07 under spending have been made at this time,pending the outcome of the 2007 Spending Review. The balance of under spendingin any year which is not allocated as EYF is retained by the CentralContingency Fund.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-01357 by reference.