Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) in total and (b) per capita has been allocated for public transport in each of the last two years, also broken down by (i) local authority area and (ii) parliamentary region.
The Government has been increasing its total allocation on public transport year-on-year. In 2025-26, the Scottish Government is investing more than £2.6 billion to support public transport, making our transport system available, affordable and accessible for all. In 2024-25, this figure was £2.5 billion and in 2023-24, it was almost £2.5 billion.
These figures include concessionary travel and the operation of rail and ferries networks, which make our transport system available, affordable and accessible.
The Scottish Government reports on budget allocation at a project and budgetary level and does not hold information on funding by constituency or parliamentary region.