Budget Proposal Page 17 Appendix 1 - Net Expenditure Statement expenditure trends Actual Approved Proposed 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 Budget 2024-25 Budget £k £k £k £k People Costs Salaries and temporary staff 14,523 15,621 17,388 18,430 Employers on costs 4,499 4,880 5,413 5,880 Pension adjustments 4,739 3,770 100 100 23,761 24,271 22,901 24,410 Accounts Commission members 141 158 167 178 Total people costs 23,902 24,429 23,068 24,588 Fees and expenses paid to external firms 4,481 4,679 7,070 7,737 Other operating expenditure Rent & Rates 487 644 617 768 Other accommodation Costs 431 511 445 592 Travel & Subsistence 323 366 496 402 Legal & Professional Fees 636 826 752 957 Stationery & printing 78 136 139 127 Training & organisational development 452 560 513 543 Staff recruitment 235 240 138 138 Communications (telephone, postage) 54 41 44 38 Insurance 94 92 96 98 Information technology 666 752 529 552 Internal Audit 26 27 30 30 External Audit - financial statements 30 32 30 35 Other 38 93 578 578 Depreciation 321 415 448 434 Total other operating expenditure 3,871 4,735 4,855 5,292 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE 32,254 33,843 34,993 37,617 Corporation Tax payable 0 0 0 0 Income Fees and charges payable 17,911 19,016 22,943 24,526 Bank Interest 1 9 0 12 Miscellaneous income 11 -13 0 0 Other finance income - pensions related -940 -725 0 0 TOTAL 16,983 18,287 22,943 24,538 NET EXPENDITURE AFTER TAX 15,271 15,556 12,050 13,079 Page 18 Budget Proposal A ppendix 2 - Budget sector cost analysis Proposed 2024/25 Budget Approved 2023/24 Budget Local NHS Further Central Total SCF Total SCF Expenditure budget Authorities Bodies Education Government Fees Parliament TOTAL Fees Parliament Total £k £k £k £k £k £k £k £k £k £k Public audit in Scotland (incl NFI) 165 38 8 39 250 4,273 4,523 217 3,849 4,066 External Audit firms 3,903 1,649 479 1,142 7,173 564 7,737 6,608 462 7,070 Audit Services 6,417 1,884 408 2,028 10,737 1,986 12,723 10,106 1,861 11,967 Performance and Best Value audit 1,967 0 0 0 1,967 2,843 4,810 1,953 2,700 4,653 Corporate Sevices and overheads 3,057 599 130 613 4,399 3,413 7,812 4,059 3,178 7,237 Total budgeted expenditure 15,509 4,170 1,025 3,822 24,526 13,079 37,605 22,943 12,050 34,993 Fee income 15,509 4,170 1,025 3,822 24,526 0 24,526 22,943 0 22,943 Support from Parliament 0 0 0 0 0 13,079 13,079 0 12,050 12,050 Total Income 15,509 4,170 1,025 3,822 24,526 13,079 37,605 22,943 12,050 34,993 Surplus (Deficit) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % Surplus / (Deficit) 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Budget Proposal Page 19 Appendix 3 - 2024/25 Planned efficiency savings Annual Description Savings Comments Plan £k Staff costs 470 2% vacancy/turnover applied to budget Efficiencies identified to deliver on new commitments (e.g. audit modernisation, digital, climate Staff costs 446 change) Travel & subsistence 94 Further reduction in travel & subsistence requirement External communications 35 Accounts Commission saving on livestreaming meetings Other expenditure 50 Miscellaneous savings identified in other budget headings Administrative costs inflation absorption 325 Impact of not applying inflation to some discretionary budget headings Total 1,420 Total Proposed Expenditure Budget (£k) 37,617 % saving to budget 4% Page 20 Budget Proposal
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