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[F1SCHEDULE 1STHE SCOTTISH ADMINISTRATION

(introduced by section 1)

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 substituted (20.12.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/480, art. 2(4), Sch. 2

PurposeAmount of resources other than accruing resourcesType of accruing resourcesAmount of accruing resources

1.For use by the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (formerly the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department)) on market support; support for agriculture in special areas including crofting communities; rural development, agri-environmental and farm woodland measures; compensation to sheep producers; animal health; agricultural education; advisory, research and development services; botanical and scientific services; assistance to production, marketing and processing; administration, land management and other agricultural services; assistance to the Scottish fisheries sector; fishery protection; other services including fisheries research and development and special services; natural heritage; environment protection; rural affairs; other environmental expenditure; flood prevention; coastal protection; air quality monitoring; loans to new water and sewerage authorities and other water grants (including the Water and Sewerage Charges Reduction scheme)

[F2 £1,035,705,000 ]Sale of surplus land, buildings and equipment; sale of holdings to existing tenants; repayment of loans by new water and sewerage authorities [F3 £40,663,000 ]

2.For use by the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Development Department) on housing subsidies; financial support for Communities Scotland and Scottish Homes; new housing partnerships and community ownerships; sponsorship of Energy Action Scotland; repayment of debt; other expenditure, contributions and grants relating to housing; departmental research and publicity and other central services; sites for travelling people; residual grants to housing associations; roads and certain associated services, including the acquisition of land, lighting and road safety; assistance to local transport; support for transport services in the highlands and islands; piers and harbours; grant aid to British Waterways Board in respect of Scotland’s inland waterways; funding for most of the rail services in Scotland; other rail grants; certain other transport services and grants; grants for the Social Inclusion Partnership Fund and other services; other urban regeneration initiatives; expenditure relating to Highlands and Islands Airports Limited and the privatisation of the Scottish Bus Group; grants to local authorities forming part of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area; miscellaneous costs in relation to ports and harbours; payments to former members of Scottish Transport Group pension schemes; other sundry services in connection with the environment; grants to voluntary organisations and other costs associated with the voluntary sector; expenditure relating to equality issues

[F4 £1,722,035,000 ] Sale of property, land and equipment; repayment of loans; recoverable VAT [F5 £1,369,000 ]

3.For use by the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Education Department) on schools; pre-school education; childcare; associated social work services including the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration; educational development; research and promotion; training and development of teachers; curriculum development; international and other educational services, including support for School Boards, training, research and educational technology; HM Inspectors of Education; sport; community education; support for the cultural heritage of Scotland, including the Gaelic language; arts, libraries, museums and galleries, including purchase grants; cultural activities and organisations; historic buildings and monuments (including administration); architecture; publicity; indemnities; administration; central government grants to non departmental public bodies and local authorities

[F6 £727,887,000 ] Recoverable VAT£100,000

4.For use by the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department) on grant in aid for the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Tourist Board; funding for the Student Awards Agency for Scotland [F7 for the Student Loans Scheme and related costs]; careers guidance; departmental investment assistance grants [F8 ; funding for learndirect scotland ; energy efficiency, renewable energy, digital inclusion ] F8 and sundry enterprise and lifelong learning related activities

[F9£2,398,612,000]Repayment of student loans; repayment of voted loans (capital) by Scottish Enterprise; refunds of grants for Regional Selective Assistance, Regional Development and Regional Enterprise[F10£76,340,000]

5.For use by the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Health Department) on hospital and community health services, including the clinical negligence and other risks scheme; family health services; community care, including grants to local authorities; grants to voluntary organisations; social care; welfare food; the Scottish Drugs Challenge Fund; other health services

[F11 £5,603,017,000 ]Sale of land, buildings, vehicles, equipment and property£12,100,000

6.For use by the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Justice Department) on legal aid (including administration); criminal injuries compensation (including administration); certain services relating to crime including the Parole Board for Scotland; the Scottish Prison Service; the Scottish Prisons Complaints Commission; the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission; police services (including grants to local authorities) and superannuation of police on secondment; costs associated with the holding of criminal justice proceedings in a third country (the Lockerbie trial); fire services (including Scottish Fire Service Training School and superannuation); civil defence (including grants); invest to save budget and other protective and miscellaneous services; criminal justice F12 ... social work services and victim issues including probation and supervised attendance orders; grants to voluntary organisations; court services; certain legal services; costs and fees in connection with legal proceedings

[F13 £1,089,528,000 ]Sale of police vehicles; sale of prison land, buildings, staff quarters, vehicles, equipment and property£2,901,000

7.For use by the Scottish Ministers on administrative costs and operational costs; costs of administration of the Scottish courts; administrative costs of the Scottish Law Commission; costs of providing continuing services to the Scottish Parliament; costs associated with the functions of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland

[F14 £240,669,000 ]Income from sale of surplus capital assets£63,000

8.For use by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland (through the General Register Office for Scotland) on administrative costs and operational costs

[F15 £18,988,000 ]

9.For use by the Scottish Ministers and the Keeper of the Records of Scotland (through the National Archives of Scotland) on administrative costs; acquiring record material; support for the Scottish and European Archive Network; The Acts of Parliament; conservation grants to local archives; grant to the Business Archives Council of Scotland

[F16 £8,359,000 ]Income from sale of surplus assets [F17 £140,000 ]

9A.For use by the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Finance and Central Services Department) on pensions, allowances, gratuities etc payable in respect of the teachers’ and national health service pension schemes; running and capital costs of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency; revenue support grants and payment of non-domestic rates in Scotland; special grants relating to council tax and spend-to-save scheme; other services including payments under the Bellwin scheme covering floods, storms and other emergencies; expenditure on committees, commissions and other departmental services; European Structural Fund grants to public corporations, non-departmental public bodies, local authorities and other bodies and organisations; grants to the Civic Forum; expenditure in connection with external relations initiatives

[F18 £5,959,505,000 ] (to the extent that this sum was not already drawn down by Development, Education and Administration Departments while relevant responsibility remained in those departments) Recoverable VAT£100 (to the extent that this sum was not already drawn down by Development, Education and Administration Departments while relevant responsibility remained in those departments)

10.For use by the Lord Advocate (through the Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscal Service) on administrative costs, including fees paid to temporary procurators fiscal, witness expenses and other costs associated with Crown prosecutions; costs of holding criminal justice proceedings in a third country (Lockerbie Trial)

[F19 £65,225,000 ]Miscellaneous income£175]

Textual Amendments

F7Words in Sch. 1 inserted (19.3.2003) by Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 6), s. 8(b)(i)

F9Word in Sch. 1 substituted (19.3.2003) by Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 6), s. 8(b)(ii)

F10Word in Sch. 1 substituted (19.3.2003) by Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 6), s. 8(b)(iii)

SCHEDULE 2S ACCRUING RESOURCES OF THE SCOTTISH ADMINISTRATION WHICH MAY BE USED WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL LIMIT

(introduced by section 1)

PART 1 S[F20SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (formerly the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department)]

Textual Amendments

F20Words in Sch. 2 Pt. I heading substituted (20.12.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/480, art. 2(5)(a)

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Income of the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (SASA) under Service Level AgreementSASA expenditure
2. Sale of carcasses; repayment of loans under Crofting Building Loan Scheme; bond fees and insurance; European Union contributions towards Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances and rural development measuresRelated structural and agri-environmental expenditure
3. Contributions under the superannuation scheme for the Scottish Agricultural College and Agricultural and Biological Research Institutes; rents and wayleaves; recovery of costs in connection with land drainage; fees for Common Agricultural Policy Scheme appeals; sales of produce; charges under livestock schemes; pension contributions from members of the Crofters Commission and the Deer Commission; charges for cattle passports, publication and statistics; European Union payments for Farm Account dataRelated agricultural services expenditure
4. Repayment of loans to harbour authorities; charges for licences under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, publications and statisticsRelated fisheries expenditure
5. Charges for plant health and control work, seed and variety testing and pesticides work; sales of produce; charges for advisory visits, certifications, testing plants, animals and fish; charges for hire of equipment, publications and statisticsRelated SASA, Fisheries Research Services (FRS) and Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) expenditure
6. Income of SASA, FRS and SFPA from services provided to external customersSASA, FRS and SFPA expenditure
7. Recoverable VAT; sale of research results and publicationsExpenditure on environmental services
8. Repayment of loansExpenditure on the new water and sewerage authorities

Overall amount: £16,500,000

[F21PART 2S SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Textual Amendments

F21Sch. 2 Pt. 2 substituted (20.12.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/480, art. 2(5)(b)

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose

1.Recoverable VAT; income from the sale of research results and publications; income from deemed hazardous substances consent; other minor miscellaneous income

Expenditure on miscellaneous Development Department programmes

2.Rents from land and property; Erskine Bridge toll income; recoverable VAT; income from administering harbours orders

Expenditure on motorways and trunk roads; expenditure on miscellaneous costs in relation to ports and harbours

3.Any sums accruing as a result of the dissolution of Scottish Transport Group

Payments to former members of Scottish Transport Group pensions schemes

4.Recovery of unused grant from voluntary organisations

Expenditure on voluntary sector

5.Capital sums accruing from Scottish Homes

Repayments of debt, including debt from Scottish Homes

6.Recoverable VAT

Payment to Energy Action Grant Agency

Overall amount: £6,000,000]

[F22PART 3S SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Textual Amendments

F22Sch. 2 Pt. 3 substituted (20.12.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/480, art. 2(5)(c)

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
Recovery of costs from local authorities in respect of self-governing schools, pre-school education and recoverable VATExpenditure on education services

Overall amount: [F23£583,000,000 F23]]

Textual Amendments

PART 4 S SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE ENTERPRISE AND LIFELONG LEARNING DEPARTMENT

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
[F241. Repayments of student loans and grants and interest capitalised on student loansF24][F25Expenditure of the Student Awards Agency for ScotlandF25]
2. Recoverable VAT on payments to careers service companiesExpenditure on careers guidance
3. Recoverable VAT on miscellaneous expenditureOther enterprise and lifelong learning expenditure
4. Income from property management, investment management [F26, voted loans interest]F26 and other feesExpenditure on Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Overall amount: [F27£45,000,000 F27]

Textual Amendments

PART 5 S SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Charges to private patients; income generation schemes; dividends on public dividend capital loans to NHS trusts; interest on loans to NHS trusts; charges for the processing of plasma for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland; handling charges for blood products; sales of antibodies and related products; repayments of Project 2000 bursaries; contributions from NHS trusts to clinical negligence and other risks scheme; National Insurance contributionsExpenditure on hospital and community health services
2. Prescription charges collected by dispensing doctors, pharmacists, Health Boards and appliance suppliers; sales of prescription pre-payment certificates; payments under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme; rental of national health service properties; charges collected by dental practitioners and ophthalmologists; recovery of charges from patients, dispensing contractors and practitionersExpenditure on family health services
3. Sales of publications; fees for conferences and courses; royalties from projects developed with departmental assistance; sales of vitamin drops and tablets at national health service clinics; recoverable VAT; other miscellaneous incomeExpenditure on other health services

Overall amount: £737,000,000

PART 6 S SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Superannuation contributions for police officers on secondment to the Scottish Police College (SPC); charges for students from outwith Scottish Police Forces; charges for use of SPC for various activitiesExpenditure of the SPC
2. Contributions made by the Scottish Police Federation to the cost of salaries, etc. of their secretary and chairman; recoverable VAT on non-SPC common police service expenditureExpenditure on police services
3. Income from sale of prison-manufactured goods, services and other industries income; various income including income from land and buildings; recoverable VATExpenditure of the Scottish Prison Service
4. General income of the Scottish Fire Service Training School, including that from fire-related and other organisations which use the school’s teaching and conference facilities on a repayment basis; recoverable VATExpenditure of the Scottish Fire Service Training School
5. Civil defence income from sale of surplus and obsolete equipment; course income; rents from other bodies using radio masts or stations owned by the Scottish Executive; recoverable VAT in respect of severe weather warning systemsExpenditure on civil defence (including grants)
6. Superannuation contributions collected by the Scottish Legal Aid BoardExpenditure on legal aid
7. Recoverable VAT on criminal law, civil law and social work research; income from cinematography exemption certificate fees and criminal statisticsMiscellaneous expenditure
8. Fees for civil cases; rent from minor occupiers; recoverable VAT for contracted out servicesExpenditure of the Scottish Court Service

Overall amount: £28,000,000

PART 7 S SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE (ADMINISTRATION)

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
[F281. Payments from departments outwith the Scottish Executive for professional services; income from the Statistical Office of the European Union; discounts; recoveries of legal costs; income from payment for services and recovery of other costs; New Deal income; recoveries from the National Insurance Fund; repayments of loans made to members of staff for house purchase; rent from minor occupiers; recoverable VAT; European Fast Stream incomeScottish Executive core departments running costs]
2. Recoveries of salaries and other expenses of outward seconded and loaned staff; recoveries of salaries of staff assigned to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Agency (CICA)Expenditure on outward seconded and loaned staff and staff assigned to CICA
3. Income from sequestrationExpenditure on the Accountant in Bankruptcy

Textual Amendments

F28Entry in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 substituted (20.12.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/480, art 2(5)(d)(i)

Overall amount: £ [F2920,000,000]

Textual Amendments

F29Amount in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 substituted (20.12.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/480, art. 2(5)(d)(ii)

PART 8 S REGISTRAR GENERAL OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES FOR SCOTLAND

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Income from sales of records services; sales of extracts on the Internet; income from minor occupiers; recoverable VATExpenditure on Records Enterprise
2. Income from sales of records services; income from minor occupiers; recoverable VATRegistration expenditure
3. Income from Scottish Executive for running the National Health Service Central Register; income from sales of information by National Health Service Central Register; income from sales of vital statistics; income from minor occupiers; recoverable VATExpenditure on vital events and national health service
4. Income from sales of Census and other geographical information; sales of population statistics; income from IT services; income from minor occupiers; recoverable VATExpenditure on Census and population statistics

Overall amount: [F30£3,200,000 F30]

Textual Amendments

PART 9 S KEEPER OF THE RECORDS OF SCOTLAND

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Fees for the issue of photocopy orders; professional searchers contract fees; inspection fees; issue of microfilm and sale of facsimiles; income from conservation and binding services; a contribution from General Register Office for Scotland for binding services; income from Registers of Scotland Executive Agency for shared accommodation; recoverable VATRunning costs of the National Archives of Scotland

Overall amount: [F31£1,100,000 F31]

Textual Amendments

[F32PART 9AS SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE FINANCE AND CENTRAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Textual Amendments

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose

1.Income from European Structural Funds

Expenditure on projects supported by European Union funding

2.Income in respect of legal costs recovered by the Local Government Boundary Commission

Payments to the Local Government Boundary Commission

3.Contributions in respect of teachers’ and national health service superannuation

Expenditure on teachers’ and national health service superannuation

4.Administration charges in respect of services undertaken by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency; recoverable VAT

Running costs of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency

5.Pensions contributions

Expenditure on pensions

6.Recovery of grant awarded to councils under the Bellwin scheme covering floods, storms, and other emergencies

Expenditure on floods, storms and other emergencies

Overall amount: £520,000,000]

PART 10 S CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Fees charged for administering the estates of persons who die intestate and without known heirs; ultimus haeres; sale of Statute Amendments; income from the sale of waste paper and obsolete office machinery; minor occupancy income; recoverable VAT; contributions towards postal citation scheme; minor miscellaneous incomeRunning costs of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Overall amount: £700,000

SCHEDULE 3S DIRECT-FUNDED BODIES

(introduced by section 2)

PurposeAmount of resources other than accruing resourcesType of accruing resourcesAmount of accruing resources
1. For use by the Forestry Commissioners in or as regards Scotland on the promotion of forestry in Scotland, including support to the private sector for planting of new forest and woodlands, replanting after felling and maintenance grants for improvements; regulating forestry activity through the application of forest management standards and felling controls; managing the Forestry Commission’s forests in Scotland; associated administrative costs, including an appropriate share of the Commission’s headquarters and central service costs[F33£86,020,000F33]Miscellaneous income[F34£50,000,000F34]
2. For use by the Food Standards Agency in or as regards Scotland on administrative and operational costs, including research, monitoring and surveillance and public information and awareness relating to food safety and standards; the Meat Hygiene Service[F35£5,905,000]Miscellaneous income£100
3. For use by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body on ongoing costs associated with the administration and operation of the Scottish Parliament; payments in respect of the functions of the Scottish Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration; any other payments relating to the Scottish Parliament[F35£146382,000]Miscellaneous income£100
4. For use by Audit Scotland, including assistance and support to the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission for Scotland and other audit work for public bodies[F35£4,916,000]Income from sale of IT equipment£1,000

Textual Amendments

F35Amounts in Sch. 3 substituted (20.12.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/480, art. 2(6), Sch. 3

SCHEDULE 4S ACCRUING RESOURCES OF DIRECT-FUNDED BODIES WHICH MAY BE USED WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL LIMIT

(introduced by section 2)

PART 1 S FORESTRY COMMISSIONERS

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Recoveries of grants; repayments by staff of loans and other recoverable expenses; miscellaneous income from sales of publications, training courses etc.; recoverable VATPolicy, regulatory and grant-giving functions

Overall amount: [F36£5,000,000F36]

Textual Amendments

PART 2 S FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Income from charges for veterinary supervision and other services provided by the Meat Hygiene ServiceExpenditure of the Meat Hygiene Service
2. Income from sale of publications and income generation schemesExpenditure of the Food Standards Agency in or as regards Scotland

Overall amount: £100

PART 3 S SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY CORPORATE BODY

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Broadcasting income; recoverable VAT; gifts; income from commercial sales and other services provided to the publicExpenditure on administrative costs of the Scottish Parliament

Overall amount: £500,000

PART 4 S AUDIT SCOTLAND

Type of accruing resourcesPurpose
1. Fees and charges for audit work; recoveries of costs associated with the functions of the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission for Scotland; miscellaneous income from publications, conferences etc.; recoveries of costs of seconded staff; repayments of staff loans; recoveries of car leasing payments; recoverable VAT; interest received on working balancesExpenditure of Audit Scotland, the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission for Scotland

Overall amount: £14,000,000

SCHEDULE 5S BORROWING BY CERTAIN STATUTORY BODIES

(introduced by section 5)

EnactmentAmount
1. Paragraph 2A of Schedule 7B to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29) (NHS trusts)£50,000,000
2. Section 7 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43) (Scottish Homes)Nil
3. Section 25 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.35) (Scottish Enterprise)£10,000,000
4. Section 26 of that Act (Highlands and Islands Enterprise)£1,000,000
5. Section 84 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39) (new water and sewerage authorities)£256,300,000
6. Section 48 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25) (Scottish Environment Protection Agency)Nil

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