Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40750 by Richard Lochhead on 2 October 2025, what the remaining 29% of funding not allocated to local government was spent on.
As set out in the response to S6W-40750, £98.6 million (98%) was spent in 2024-25. Of that, £70.1 million (71%) went to local government. The remaining £28.5 million (29%) was spent on the delivery of Fair Start Scotland, supporting the total operating costs of the Directorate for Jobs & Wellbeing Economy, and towards progressing Fair Work.
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