Scottish Government releases its 2025–26 spend-over-£25,000 disclosure
The annual CSV published on 9 October 2026 contains 13,970 numeric amount rows. Summing its “Invoice Amount” column gives £43,095,579,077.45; that listed-row total is not the government’s budget.
Event / data period: 2026-03
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The Scottish Government published its annual transparency file for spending above £25,000 in the financial year April 2025 to March 2026 on 9 October 2026. The 1.9 MB CSV has 13,970 numeric amount rows; their “Invoice Amount” values sum to £43,095,579,077.45.
That is an arithmetic total of the amounts listed in this file, not the budget, all public spending or purchases of goods and services alone. Descriptions include grants and student-support advances. Despite the file’s “over £25,000” title, three listed amounts fall below that threshold: £16,150.74 and two payments of £10,240.71. No numeric amount is negative; one description refers to service credits deducted, but the file does not explain its VAT treatment or accounting for that entry.
Data
Annual disclosure CSV row totals for 2025–26
Two totals calculated from numeric rows in the Scottish Government’s annual spending disclosure for April 2025 to March 2026.
| İskoç Hükümeti yıllık açıklaması; Nisan 2025–Mart 2026 | Scottish Government annual disclosure; April 2025–March 2026 | الإفصاح السنوي للحكومة الاسكتلندية؛ أبريل 2025–مارس 2026 | Déclaration annuelle du gouvernement écossais ; avril 2025–mars 2026 | Declaración anual del Gobierno escocés; abril de 2025–marzo de 2026 | Jahresveröffentlichung der schottischen Regierung; April 2025–März 2026 | Divulgação anual do Governo escocês; abril de 2025–março de 2026 | 43.09557907745 | 13970 |
Methodology
All 13,970 numeric “Invoice Amount £” cells were summed to £43,095,579,077.45; one trailing blank row was excluded. Three rows below the title threshold (total £36,632.16) were retained in the sum. The file contains no negative amounts. This is only the sum of listed rows; it is not presented as a budget, all public spending or a VAT net/gross total.
Updated:
- https://www.gov.scot/publications/government-spend-over-gbp25000-2025-to-2026/
- https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/transparency-data/2026/10/government-spend-over-gbp25000-2025-to-2026/documents/government-spend-over-gbp25000-2025-to-2026/government-spend-over-gbp25000-2025-to-2026/govscot%3Adocument/Expenditure%2BPublication%2B-%2BAnnual%2BReport%2B2025-26%2B.csv
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