An increase to 77% was recorded at the end of November 2023 on the implementation of the state budget in relation to expenditure compared to the corresponding period last year (2022: 73%).
According to a report by the Treasury of the Republic, this was mainly due to the increase by pound 530 million in loan and interest repayments, and a decrease in relation to revenue (2023: 90%, 2022: 87%), while the increase in the implementation of development costs amounted to 57%, compared to 46% in 2022.
The report says that the increased implementation in relation to the expenditure is due to the increased outflows for repayment of loans and interest (2023: pound 2.20 billion, 2022: pound 1.67 billion). Over the past decade, the average state budget implementation of total spending by November reaches 74%.
At the end of November, total revenue amounted to pound 8.46 billion, which corresponds to 87% of the state budget (2022: pound 7.72 billion, 90%) and actual expenditure was pound 9.19 billion, which corresponds
to an implementaion of 77% (2022: pound 8.08 billion, 73%).
The increased implementation of development expenditure in 2023 (57%) compared to 2022 (46%), according to the Treasury, is mainly due to the increased implementation of capital costs, due to the costs for the purchase of buildings and land which amounted to 74% (2022: 34%), primarily, but also due to the expenditure on the road network which amounted to 65% (2022: 60%), and the increased expenditure on projects and other projects co-financed by European resources, which amounted to 54% (2022: 38%).
In the last decade, the average implementation of the state budget for development expenditure by the end of November was 48%.
In relation to capital expenditure, the implementation until the end of November 2023 amounted to pound 369 million, while in relation to co-financed and other financial expenditure, the implementation amounted to pound 187 million.
Implementation until the end of November 2023 in relation to funds, contributions and grants am
ounted to pound 174.7 million and in relation to social benefits amounted to pound 56 million.
Source: Cyprus News Agency