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Fiscal sustainability delivery plan

Plan bringing together the key actions the Scottish Government is taking to deliver the fiscal strategy over the next five years, from now until financial year 2029-2030.


Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2023), The Scottish Government's Medium-Term Financial Strategy - gov.scot – Accessed March 2025

2 The 2025 Medium-Term Financial Strategy can be found here: The Scottish Government's Medium-Term Financial Strategy

3 Scottish Fiscal Commission (2025), Fiscal Sustainability Report – Accessed April 2025

4 Scottish Government (2025), Scotland's Public Service Reform Strategy: Delivering for Scotland - gov.scot – Accessed June 2025

5 Scottish Government (2025), NHS Scotland operational improvement plan - gov.scot – Accessed April 2025

6 Scottish Government (2025), Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework - gov.scot – Accessed June 2025

7 Scottish Government (2025), Scotland's Population Health Framework - gov.scot – Accessed June 2025

8 Scottish Government (2022), Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

9 Scottish Government (2024), Scotland's Tax Strategy: Building on our Tax Principles - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

10 Scottish Government (2021), A National Mission with Local Impact: Infrastructure Investment Plan for Scotland 2021-22 to 2025-26 - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

11 Scottish Government (2021), Investing for jobs: Capital Spending Review 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

12 Scottish Government (2025), Scotland's Public Service Reform Strategy: Delivering for Scotland - gov.scot – Accessed June 2025

13 You can find Annex D of the 2025 MTFS here: The Scottish Government's Medium-Term Financial Strategy

14 Scottish Government (2024), NHS Scotland 'Once for Scotland' workforce policies: consultation - gov.scot – Accessed March 2025

15 Scottish Government (2025), Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework - gov.scot – Accessed June 2025

16 Social Security Scotland (2024), Social Security Scotland - Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 October 2024 – Accessed March 2025

17 The National Archives (2018), Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 – Accessed March 2025

18 Scottish Government (2023), Vision for Justice in Scotland: three year delivery plan - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

19 The Scottish Parliament (2025), Education (Scotland) Bill | Scottish Parliament Website – Accessed June 2025

20 The Scottish Parliament (2025), Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill | Scottish Parliament Website – Accessed April 2025

21 Scottish Government (2025), Scotland's Population Health Framework - gov.scot – Accessed June 2025

22 Scottish Government (2022), Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026 - gov.scot - Accessed June 2025

23 Scottish Government (2023), Early child development transformational change programme - gov.scot – Accessed June 2025

24 Scottish Government (2022), Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

25 Scottish Government (2024), Green industrial strategy - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

26 Scottish Government (2024), Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

27 Scottish Government (2025), Programme for Government 2025 to 2026 - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

28 Scottish Government (2023), Pathways: A new approach for women in entrepreneurship - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

29 Scottish Fiscal Commission (2025), Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts – Accessed May 2025

30 Scottish Government (2024), Scotland's Tax Strategy: Building on our Tax Principles - gov.scot – Accessed May 2025

Contact

Email: Scottish.Budget@gov.scot

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