r=15607&mode=pdf</a>, the OBR noted that the “real spending power of Government departments in England goes down by about £19 billion over the forecast period” due to the Chancellor leaving public service spending plans unchanged in cash terms, despite a higher forecast for inflation”. The implication for Scotland, he suggested, is that “if those spending plans are sustained, there will be fewer real increases in Barnett consequentials for Scottish departments because in practice less is being spent in real terms on health, education, transport and other areas where spending is devolved here in Scotland”.