Budget scrutiny 2023-24

Background

The Scottish Government published its Budget 2023-24 in December 2022. In advance of this, we undertook pre-budget scrutiny to influence the Scottish Government's thinking when preparing this budget. We then wrote to the Scottish Government outlining the conclusions of our scrutiny.

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Our letter focused on three issues we had been gathering views on–

1. Electric vehicle charging point infrastructure;
2. The publication of the final Hydrogen Action Plan and associated capital investment, as well as the anticipated Energy and Just Transition Strategy; and
3. The Fair Fares Review and bus travel.