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Letter to the Convener from Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician and Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics, 26 April 2022.
Read the Correspondence.
Costs on other bodies, individuals and businesses 26. The Bill may result in additional costs for any individual who appoints an agent to complete a modified tax return.
As explained by the Accounts Commission, “borrowing is the main source for funding [local authority] capital projects, and councils are intending to borrow £3.13 billion in 2025-26”. Overall, local government debt currently sits at around £25 billion (see Local Government 2024-25 Provisional Outturn and 2025-26 Budge...
Background As Committee members will be aware, Scotland’s latest Equality Evidence Strategy was published in March 2023 and covers the period up to end-2025.
Overview of the 2025/26 budget proposal
Audit Scotland’s budget is drawn from two main sources: fees charged to audited bodies, and funding which is top sliced from the Scottish Consolidated Fund (SCF).