FOI/202400427706 · FOI · not held
Scottish Government budget allocations: FOI release
Information requested
1. What proportion, by percentage, of the Scottish Government’s overall budget was allocated to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in the years 2010 to 2024 inclusive?
2. What proportion, by percentage, of the Scottish Government’s overall budget was allocated to the Public Defence Solicitor’s Office in the same period?
3. What proportion, by percentage, of the Scottish Government’s overall budget was allocated to the Scottish Government Legal Department in the same period?
4. What proportion of the budget that is allocated to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is spent on salaries?
Response
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service:
The table below shows the information you have requested. We have taken the Scottish Government’s total budget to be the total managed expenditure figure set out in the annual Scottish Budget.
Information on how much of the budget has been allocated to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (‘COPFS’), and the proportion of that allocation subsequently spent on salary costs, is directly taken from their annual accounts which are publicly available online. The exception to this is for financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25 where the information is taken directly from the Scottish Budget as the annual accounts have not yet been published (with 2022-23 published in October 2023).
COPFS Year Scottish Government total budget(£m) Amount allocated to COPFS (£m) Proportion of Scottish Government total budget Spent on staff cost(£m) Proportion Spent on Salary(£m) Proportion 2010-11 33,901 112 0.33% 72 64% 52 47% 2011-12 33,620 109 0.33% 70 64% 52 48% 2012-13 33,958 108 0.32% 67 62% 51 47% 2013-14 34,704 110 0.32% 67 61% 52 47% 2014-15 36,906 112 0.30% 70 62% 53 47% 2015-16 37,408 113 0.30% 71 62% 54 48% 2016-17 37,580 114 0.30% 72 63% 54 47% 2017-18 39,378 113 0.29% 74 65% 56 49% 2018-19 40,555 122 0.30% 80 65% 61 50% 2019-20 42,633 134 0.31% 90 67% 66 50% 2020-21 49,466 170 0.34% 100 59% 73 43% 2021-22 55,260 180 0.33% 115 64% 84 47% 2022-23 56,391 209 0.37% 139 67% 102 49% 2023-24 59,813 197 0.33% 148 75% - - 2024-25 59,706 223 0.37% 167 75% - -
Public Defence Solicitor’s Office
The Scottish Government does not hold the information that you requested for the Public Defence Solicitors’ Office which is not directly funded by the Scottish Government.
The Public Defence Solicitors Office have their own process for making FOI claims which is outlined on their website. We include the relevant link for your reference. Request non-personal information - Scottish Legal Aid Board (slab.org.uk)
This is therefore a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not hold the information you have requested.
Scottish Government Legal Department:
In relation to question 3, the table below includes information held on the proportion of budget allocated to the Scottish Government’s Legal Department as a percentage of the Scottish Government total budget for 2018-19 to 2024-25. Information is not held for financial years prior to 2018-19.
This is therefore a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not hold some of the information you have requested.
Scottish Gov. Legal Dept. Year Scottish Government total budget(£m) Amount Allocated(£m) Proportion 2018-19 40,555 15.381 0.038% 2019-20 42,633 14.791 0.035% 2020-21 49,466 17.471 0.035% 2021-22 55,260 17.471 0.032% 2022-23 56,391 19.609 0.035% 2023-24 59,813 19.023 0.032% 2024-25 59,706 20.257 0.034%
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Request non-personal information - Scottish Legal Aid Board (slab.org.uk) This is therefore a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not hold the information you have requested. This is therefore a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not hold some of the information you have requested.
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