Scottish Government Budget

You can use this tool to explore how the budget portfolio and sub portfolio allocations, levels 1 and 2, have changed over time.

It allows you to compare the data in cash and real terms and as a share of the total budget or portfolio.

Further information is available in the following FSU Briefings:
Guide to the Scottish Budget – Subject Profile
Public Finance: A glossary of terms

About the Visualisation

This tool is built using the D3 JavaScript library. The data used has been provided by the Scottish Government under the Open Government Licence (OGL) and is available on the Scottish Government Budget page on the Parliament's website.