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There can be significant in year funding variations which reduces the comparability between outturn and budget and even outturn to outturn information.
Impact on individuals
The proposed 2025-26 income tax schedule sees a marginally lower tax liability for all income levels compared with 2024-25. This difference is no more than £15 per year.
For the sake of providing a picture over time, and using the most up-to-date figures in each dataset, this briefing compares outturn figures up to 2016-17 only, with Local Government Finance Order figures being used to compare 2016-17 to 2017-18.
The youth unemployment rate is the lowest since comparable records began in 2001 and according to the Scottish Government is one of the lowest in the EU.
Over the year the unemployment rate for men in Scotland saw a decrease of 2.1 percentage points compared to 0.3 for the UK.
In Scotland this is the largest fall since comparable records began in 1993.
Over the year the unemployment rate for men in Scotland saw a decrease of 2.9 percentage points compared to 0.3 for the UK.
In Scotland this is the largest fall since comparable records began in 1993.