Provisional Outturn 2018-19

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 20 June 2019.

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Photo of Derek Mackay Derek Mackay Scottish National Party

I am just pointing that out for awareness. Willie Rennie rightly raises issues about rail but, for completeness, I point out that the underspend is not in expenditure on railways or the rail franchise. Clearly, there have been issues with financial penalties that have been incurred because of performance issues that should be addressed by Abellio.

Some of the transport underspend, which it is right to focus on, is due to the delivery of projects. Some of the issues there will be regulatory and some will be to do with the nature of contracts, particularly on some of the road infrastructure projects. However, overall, the variance on capital at outturn is £1 million, which is a pretty substantial achievement.