Culture budget tracker
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This interactive data visualisation lets you explore past Scottish Government culture budgets. We’ve presented this in ‘cash terms’.
Culture has moved between different government portfolios in the past ten years. To make sense of this, we’ve visualised data for specific budget lines within different portfolios;
Creative Scotland & Other Arts
Cultural Collections
Tourism
Major Events and Themed Years
Culture, Tourism & Major Events Staffing
National Performing Companies
Historic Environment Scotland
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Scottish Draft Budget 2013-14
‘Tourism’ in ‘Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth’
‘Creative Scotland’, ‘Cultural Collections’, ‘National Performing Companies’, ‘Themed Years’ Historic Scotland*’ in ‘Culture & External Affairs’.Historic Environment Scotland* -
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Scottish Budget Draft Budget 2014-15https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20180530044107/http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/09/9971/downloads
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‘Tourism’ in ‘Enterprise, Energy and Tourism’
‘Creative Scotland’, ‘Cultural Collections’, ‘National Performing Companies’, ‘Themed Years’ Historic Scotland*’ in ‘Culture & External Affairs’.
Historic Environment Scotland* -
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Scottish Budget: Draft Budget 2015-16https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20180528175500/http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/10/2706/downloads
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‘Tourism’ in ‘Enterprise, Energy and Tourism’
‘Creative Scotland’, ‘Cultural Collections’, ‘National Performing Companies’, ‘Themed Years’ Historic Scotland*’ in ‘Culture & External Affairs’.
Historic Environment Scotland* -
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Scotland's Spending Plans and Draft Budget 2016-17https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20180530044059/http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/12/9056/downloads
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‘Tourism’ in ‘Finance, Constitution & Economy’
‘Creative Scotland’, ‘Cultural Collections’, ‘National Performing Companies’, ‘Themed Years’ Historic Scotland*’ in ‘Culture, Europe & External Affairs’.
*Cultural Collections Excludes Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Momuments of Scotland which now sits within the Historic Environment Scotland (HES) budget line -
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Scotland's Budget: Draft Budget 2017-18
https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20180701220437/http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/12/6610 (This was later updated)
Alternative and accurate Budget Level 3 Totals found in; Scottish Budget: Draft Budget 2018-19https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20180530044056/http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/12/8959/downloads
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All Level 3 Budget headings now in ‘Culture, Tourism and External Affairs’
Major Events and Themed Years moved out of External Affairs into Culture, Tourism and Major Events during the course of the year.
Historic Scotland becomes Historic Environment Scotland (HES) -
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Scottish Budget: Draft Budget 2018-19https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20180530044056/http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/12/8959/downloads
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All Level 3 Budget headings in ‘Culture, Tourism and External Affairs’ -
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Scottish Budget 2019-2020
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2019-20/documents/
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All Level 3 Budget headings in ‘Culture, Tourism and External Affairs’ -
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Scottish Budget 2020-2021https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2020-21/documents/
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All Level 3 Budget headings in ‘Culture, Tourism and External Affairs’ -
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Scottish Budget 2021 to 2022https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2021-22/documents/
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‘Creative Scotland’, ‘Cultural Collections’, ‘National Performing Companies’, Historic Environment Scotland’ & ‘Culture, Tourism & Major Events Staffing’ in Economy, Fair Work and Culture
‘Tourism’ in Rural Economy and Tourism -
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Scottish Budget 2022 to 2023https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-budget-2022-to-2023-documents/
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‘Creative Scotland’, ‘Cultural Collections’, ‘National Performing Companies’, Historic Environment Scotland’ & ‘Culture, Tourism & Major Events Staffing’ in Constitution, External Affairs & Culture Portfolio
‘Tourism’ in Finance & Economy -
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Scottish Budget 2022 to 2023
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2022-23/documents/ -