Authors: John McLaren and Jo Armstrong
Contributing Editor: Ken Gibb

This Briefing Note starts by considering the implications for Scotland from the 2013 UK Spending Review (SR) and, in particular, the confusing multiplicity of ways to calculate how the 2015-16 settlement compares with that for 2014-15.

The Note then puts the new 2013 Spending Review into perspective by considering the most up-to-date longer run Scottish Budget profile, from 2009-10 to 2017-18.