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The Committee shares this view and in our latest report on the Scottish Budget 2025-26 we stated—
“One area where the Committee has repeatedly expressed concerns is the extended delays in publishing key strategic financial documents.
GDP is higher in the short term, with growth projected to be 1.2% in 2024-25, 1.6% in 2025-26, and 1.5% in 2026-27, up from 0.8%, 1.3%, and 1.3% respectively in last year’s forecasts.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2024
Commitments from 2024
Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (SSI 2024/26) [12th report 2024, Published on 20 February 2024] commitment to amend the instrument to correct the error at the next opportunity.
Consideration by the Economy and Fair Work Committee
At its meeting on 26 June 2024, the Economy and Fair Work Committee took evidence on the instrument from the Minister for Employment and Investment and officials.
The document talks about protecting local government budgets in “cash terms” by guaranteeing resource budgets at existing levels to 2025-26 (with a £100 million increase in 2026-27).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 February 2022
The review was due to complete and make recommendations by September 2021.2Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee. (2021, February 26). Letter from Paul Johnston, Director-General Education, Communities and Justice.
An independent analysis of responses to the consultation2Scottish Government. (2022, January 26). Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: Consultation Analysis.
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Education/General Documents/20210121NUS.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Education/General Documents/20210121NUS.pdf</a>
Colleges Scotland has also highlighted the need for more support in this area in order to meet demand.
On 26 January 2021, £30 million additional funding was announced4Scottish Government. (2021, January 26).
The research report and summary were published on 15 November 2019. On 26 November 2019, the Committee received an informal briefing in private from Dr Barnes Macfarlane on her report.