Proportion of resource allocation that is ring-fenced or directed
The Budget document tells us that reducing ring-fencing is part of the post-Verity House Agreement relationship between the Scottish Government and local government:
[the Budget] displays our commitment to that partnership by reducing levels of ringfenced and directed expenditure by baselining almost £1 billion of funding across Health, Education, Justice, Net Zero and Social Justice, giving authority and autonomy to local partners to achieve the outcomes we share in a way that best...