In an effort to improve the transparency of the budget numbers presented in the documentation, the Finance and Public Administration Committee wrote to the Deputy First Minister on 21 September 2023, requesting that the Scottish Government consider presenting:
alongside the Scottish Budget 2024-25 (1) what has actually been spent in each area in 2022-23, (2) what the Scottish Government expects to spend in each area in 2023-24, and (3) what the planned spending is for each area in 2024-25. This same comparative...