. ● The Government response states that: “Audit Scotland reported in 2020, that NPD had supported £3.3 billion of additional investment in Scotland’s infrastructure” Jubilee Scotland’s comment: The same Audit Scotland report also points out that (1) Private finance costs more than traditional forms of financing, affecting future budgets for many years; (2) it is not clear enough how decisions have been taken about which projects will use private finance, or (3) how well this is achieving the best balance of cost and benefits in practice.