Given the information we had on public sector pay awards and the amount of resource 7 For 2024-25, the UK Government accepted the PRB recommendations in full at the end of July 2024, as we highlighted in paragraph 2.11 of Scottish Fiscal Commission (2024) Fiscal Update – August 2024. 8 Scottish Government (2024) Public sector pay policy 2024 to 2025, Scottish Fiscal Commission (2024) Fiscal Update – August 2024, Scottish Fiscal Commission (2024) Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts – December 2024. 9 For example, for the largest workforce groups, pay deals in 2024-25 were 5.5 per cent for NHS Agenda for Change staff and 4.27 per cent for local government and for teachers.