Expenditure
Table 1 shows that Scottish Government grant-in-aid to Scottish Enterprise reduced considerably between 2008/09 and 2017/18, by 27% in real terms (using the SPICe deflator).ihttp://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/63552.aspx [
Table 1: Scottish Enterprise expenditure and funding (2008-2018) (£ Million) 2008/092009/102010/112011/122012/132013/142014/152015/162016/172017/18 Total Cash Expenditure312.4337.9309.1304.6288.0295.8316.7298.4310.3301.4 Funded by: Including Grant in Aid from SG257.7281.5217.2245.3235.4248.9207.9217.0197.8218.0 Plus other income45.642.682.151.951.946.4104.793.4116.496.5 Total income312.4337.9309.1305.5290.0296.8317.6310.4314.2314.5 Net underspend---0.92.01.00.912.0*3.913.1 Table 2 shows that Scottish Government grant-in-aid to Highlands and Islands Enterprise reduced by 9% in real terms between 2008/09 and 2017/18 (using the SPICe deflator).ihttp://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/63552.aspx This is a significantly smaller reduction than that experienced by Scottish Enterprise.