Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the revenue and capital budgets allocated to Police Scotland have been in each year since the creation of Police Scotland.
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) revenue and capital budgets, as allocated at the annual Budget Bill from 2013-14 to 2026-27, are detailed in the following table. It is for the SPA to allocate its annual budget to support SPA Corporate, SPA Forensic Services and Police Scotland, to maintain policing in Scotland.
Financial year | Resource | Capital |
(£m) | (£m) | |
2013-14 | 1,062.4 | 18.3 |
2014-15 | 1,011.2 | 25.2 |
2015-16 | 985.8 | 28.1 |
2016-17 | 1,003.4 | 16.2 |
2017-18 | 1,022.4 | 20.0 |
2018-19 | 1,064.8 | 23.0 |
2019-20 | 1,095.1 | 35.0 |
2020-21 | 1,132.3 | 40.0 |
2021-22 | 1,205.3 | 45.5 |
2022-23 | 1,245.8 | 45.5 |
2023-24 | 1,348.2 | 50.1 |
2024-25 | 1,418.7 | 64.6 |
2025-26 | 1,475.7 | 75.0 |
2026-27 | 1,566.1 | 86.3 |