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In any budget year, there are what are known as in-year transfers. That is not unusual, and the issue that you raise is the kind of thing that such transfers might be for.
As some members will know, in another part of my life, I have just finished doing 26 consultation meetings around the south of Scotland, involving 650 people.
Amendments have now been agreed by the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee at Stage 2 which will introduce timescales for Ministerial transfer test decisions and place a duty on Ministers to publish guidance on the process.
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Date answered:
20 September 2022