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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S4W-08413

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) cash budget the provisional cash DEL underspend has represented in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-08424

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend in 2011-12 for each portfolio, broken down by resource and capital.

The following table provides a breakdown of the provisional HM Treasury cash Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) underspend in 2011-12 for each portfolio, broken down by resource and capital.

Provisional HM Treasury DEL Cash Underspend by Portfolio Split by Capital/Resource: 2011-12

Resource	Capital	Total Fiscal DEL
£ Million	£ Million	£ Million

Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth	-52	38	-14
Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy	-8	-1	-9
Education and Lifelong Learning	-17	-3	-20
Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy	-1	0	-1
Justice	-7	2	-5
Rural Affairs and the Environment	-40	-13	-53
Culture and External Affairs	-2	0	-2
Infrastructure and Capital Investment	7	-7	0
Administration	-2	1	-1
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal	0	0	0
Local Government	-2	0	-2
Total Scottish Government	-124	17	-107
Food Standards Agency	0	0	0
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body	-2	0	-2
Audit Scotland	-1	0	-1
Total Scottish Block	-127	17	-110
Funding secured for Carry Forward to 2012-13	-44	-35	-79
Budget alignment transfer	22	-12	10
Year End DEL Underspend	-149	-30	-179

Question reference: S4W-08423

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an explanation for the cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend in 2011-12 for the Rural Affairs and the Environment portfolio.

Question reference: S4W-08433

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the figure of £98 million for 2010-11, on page 2 of Provisional Outturn 2011-12 and Shovel-Ready Projects, includes both cash and non-cash DEL.

Question reference: S4W-08412

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the provisional cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend has been in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-08420

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an explanation for the cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend in 2011-12 for the Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy portfolio.

Question reference: S4W-08421

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an explanation for the cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend in 2011-12 for the Education and Lifelong Learning portfolio.

Question reference: S4W-08429

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what its prediction was in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2012 for the 2011-12 provisional cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend for (i) resource and (ii) capital.

Question reference: S4W-08426

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what its prediction was in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2011 for the 2011-12 provisional cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend for (i) resource and (ii) capital.

The Scottish Government is engaged in the proactive management of the capital and resource departmental expenditure limits budgets throughout the financial year. Financial information at key points in the year is used to support decision making by ministers to ensure the best use of the resources available to the Scottish Government. This is conveyed to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee through the Autumn and Spring Budget Revision processes.

Question reference: S4W-08422

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an explanation for the cash departmental expenditure limit (DEL) underspend in 2011-12 for the Justice portfolio.