The SFC, in its Fiscal Sustainability Report3Scottish Fiscal Commission. (2023). Fiscal Sustainability Report – March 2023. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.fiscalcommission.scot/publications/fiscal-sustainability-report-march-2023/" target="_blank">https://www.fiscalcommission.scot/publications/fiscal-sustainability-report-march-2023/</a> published in March 2023, projects that social security spending will reach £13bn in 2072-73, when there is a projected budget gap of £1.5bn.