# 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.

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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.

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.

| Scotland scope and period | Scotland scope and period | Scotland scope and period | Scotland scope and period | Scotland scope and period | Scotland scope and period | Scotland scope and period | Sum of listed amounts | Numeric amount rows in CSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |

Sources: <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> · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/scottish-government-2025-26-spend-over-25000-disclosure/data/scottish-spend-disclosure-annual-sum?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/scottish-government-2025-26-spend-over-25000-disclosure/data/scottish-spend-disclosure-annual-sum?lang=en&format=csv)

## Sources

- [Scottish Government](<https://www.gov.scot/publications/government-spend-over-gbp25000-2025-to-2026/>) (Source checked: 2026-10-10; Published: 2026-10-09)
- [Scottish Government annual expenditure disclosure CSV](<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>) (Source checked: 2026-10-10; Published: 2026-10-09)

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