Transport Scotland breakdown of spend on active travel: FOI release

Information requested

Could you supply the full breakdown of spend on active travel in each of the last three years, by year and what the cash was spent on?

Response

Please find the spend on Active Travel over the last 3 years below:

Year	Allocated Active Travel Budget	Allocated to Active Travel Investments - at the start of the year
2021-22	£116,761,432.82	£116,171,826.69
2022-23	£149,977,000.00	£149,683,003.69
2023-24	£189,210,000.00	£183,644,079.00

2024-25 as a financial year is complete, however the final consolidation of figures has not yet closed. The following is therefore indicative and may adjust once the year end process completes.

Year	Allocated Active Travel Budget	Allocated to Active Travel Investments - at the start of the year
2024-25	£219,943,000.00	£173,312,083.04

Regarding the full breakdown of the spend in relation to the last 3 years, this information is available from the Section 70 reports published on our website. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Section 70 – 2021-22

Section 70 – 2022-23

Section 70 – 2023-24

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