Scottish Budget 2022 to 2023
The Scottish Budget sets out the Scottish Government’s proposed spending and tax plans for 2022 to 2023, as presented to the Scottish Parliament.
Chapter 9 Net Zero, Energy and Transport Portfolio
Portfolio Responsibilities
The Net Zero, Energy and Transport (NZET) portfolio is responsible for achieving a Net Zero carbon emission Scottish economy in line with the Scottish Government Climate Change Plan which requires all portfolios to respond to the global climate emergency. The portfolio is also charged with protecting and enhancing our natural environment and resources and physical connectivity and infrastructure. While there are significant challenges in this space, there are also significant opportunities to diversify our economy, create good, green jobs, and to lead the world in a just transition to Net Zero.
The overarching aim is to protect and promote Scotland’s environment and to build a strong and sustainable Net Zero economy through:
- tackling climate change;
- decarbonising Scotland’s public transport network and improving the use of green energy, enhancing active and sustainable travel opportunities;
- protecting our iconic species and landscapes;
- investing in biodiversity and nature restoration;
- developing a blue economy action plan;
- improving the quality of our air, land, seas and fresh water;
- developing a circular economy;
- empowering communities and improving the way land is owned, used and managed; and
- investing in the research base.
The portfolio is responsible for heat and energy; transport; environment, forestry and land reform policy, strategy and delivery. It includes Transport Scotland, the Scottish Government’s national agency with responsibility for transport policy and strategy, supporting provision of public transport services, transport infrastructure and the trunk road network, accessibility and active travel and contributing to a low carbon economy. It also includes Environmental Standards Scotland, the new independent body set up to fill the potential gap in environmental governance arising from Scotland’s departure from the EU. In addition it includes Forestry and Land Scotland which supports the sustainable management of Scotland’s national forests and land. This also entails the sponsorship of a number of public bodies including Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Water, NatureScot, the National Park Authorities, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Forest Enterprise, David MacBrayne, Caledonian Maritime Assets, Highland and Island Airports and Scottish Canals.
The portfolio also leads on strategic infrastructure planning - through the Infrastructure Investment Plan and regular reporting on major projects and programmes. The Infrastructure Investment Plan covering the years 2021-22 to 2025-26 was published earlier this year. The Plan focuses on adopting and building on the recommendations of the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland; showing how we will choose the right future investments and setting out a five-year programme of further improvements in our strategic approach.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Portfolio
| Level 2 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 350.8 | 412.9 | 413.9 |
| Rail Services | 1,264.1 | 1,339.9 | 1,396.9 |
| Concessionary Fares and Bus Services | 303.8 | 321.8 | 413.9 |
| Active Travel, Low Carbon and Other Transport Policy | 298.4 | 332.1 | 375.9 |
| Motorways and Trunk Roads | 748.9 | 825.9 | 855.8 |
| Ferry Services | 255.1 | 287.6 | 296.0 |
| Air Services | 86.2 | 107.6 | 88.5 |
| Scottish Forestry | 47.5 | 83.7 | 90.9 |
| Forestry and Land Scotland | 17.2 | 37.5 | 27.2 |
| Research, Analysis and Other | 71.0 | 90.8 | 88.3 |
| Environmental Services | 157.1 | 206.5 | 220.2 |
| Environmental Standards Scotland | – | – | 2.2 |
| Land Reform | 16.5 | 16.4 | 13.9 |
| Climate Change and Land Managers Renewables Fund | 30.3 | 31.8 | 51.3 |
| Scottish Water | 121.4 | 84.1 | 77.7 |
| Covid-19 Funding | – | 235.2 | – |
| Total NZET | 3,768.3 | 4,413.8 | 4,412.6 |
| of which: | |||
| Total Fiscal Resource | 1,281.7 | 1,731.0 | 1,672.3 |
| of which Operating Costs | 29.8 | 33.5 | 42.9 |
| Non-cash | 124.3 | 159.9 | 195.0 |
| Capital | 2,262.9 | 2,432.4 | 2,485.0 |
| Financial Transactions (FTs) | 99.4 | 90.5 | 60.3 |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands and Island Airports Limited (NDPB Non-cash) | (9.5) | (9.5) | (9.5) |
| Scottish Canals (NDPB Non-cash) | (2.5) | (2.7) | (2.7) |
| Public Private Partnerships Adjustments | (18.7) | (20.9) | (23.3) |
| Grants to Local Authorities | 100.7 | 58.4 | 58.4 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens (NDPB Non-cash) | (2.5) | (2.5) | (2.5) |
| National Park Authorities (NDPB Non-cash) | (1.0) | (1.0) | (1.1) |
| SEPA (NDPB Non-cash) | (4.9) | (5.3) | (5.3) |
| NatureScot (NDPB Non-cash) | (2.5) | (2.2) | (2.2) |
| Scottish Water loan repayments not included in Scottish Parliamentary budgets | 46.7 | 58.4 | 42.8 |
| Environmental Standards Scotland | – | – | (2.2) |
| Total NZET | 3,874.1 | 4,486.5 | 4465.0 |
| Total Limit on Income (accruing resources) | 600.0 |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 215.6 | 225.2 | 219.6 |
| Fuel Poverty/Energy Efficiency | 135.2 | 187.7 | 194.3 |
| Total Energy | 350.8 | 412.9 | 413.9 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 48.5 | 50.7 | 64.5 |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | 236.4 | 304.4 | 310.1 |
| FTs | 65.9 | 57.8 | 39.3 |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major Public Transport Projects | 207.0 | 173.0 | 247.0 |
| Rail Development | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Rail Franchise | 520.1 | 663.9 | 720.9 |
| Rail Infrastructure | 534.0 | 501.0 | 427.0 |
| Total Rail Services | 1,264.1 | 1,339.9 | 1,396.9 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 241.1 | 371.9 | 409.4 |
| Non-cash | – | – | 1.5 |
| Capital | 1,023.0 | 968.0 | 986.0 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concessionary Fares | 244.8 | 262.8 | 310.6 |
| Smartcard Programme | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| Support for Bus Services | 54.2 | 54.1 | 99.4 |
| Total Concessionary Fares | 303.8 | 321.8 | 413.9 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 301.0 | 319.0 | 411.9 |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agency Administration Costs | 16.0 | 19.2 | 30.0 |
| Road Safety | 3.2 | 4.3 | 20.8 |
| Scottish Canals | 23.2 | 24.6 | 25.4 |
| Strategic Transport Projects Review | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Support for Active Travel | 76.6 | 91.6 | 126.0 |
| Support for Sustainable Travel | 41.7 | 39.6 | 17.3 |
| Support for Freight Industry | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Transport Information | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Future Transport Funds | 72.4 | 107.4 | 130.0 |
| Edinburgh Tram Inquiry | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Travel Strategy and Innovation | 60.2 | 39.9 | 21.6 |
| Total Active Travel, Low Carbon and Other | 298.4 | 332.1 | 375.9 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 50.8 | 56.4 | 69.0 |
| Non-cash | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Capital | 209.9 | 239.9 | 292.4 |
| FTs | 34.5 | 32.3 | 10.0 |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Land and Works | 179.8 | 155.7 | 136.9 |
| Forth and Tay Bridge Authorities | 37.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Queensferry Crossing | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| M&T Other Current Expenditure | 15.6 | 20.5 | 25.4 |
| Network Strengthening | 77.5 | 104.4 | 116.0 |
| Roads Depreciation | 100.2 | 135.4 | 167.5 |
| Roads Improvements | 46.3 | 46.3 | 36.5 |
| Routine and Winter Maintenance | 94.4 | 106.9 | 117.7 |
| Structural Repairs | 45.7 | 100.0 | 119.0 |
| Motorway and Trunk Roads PPP Payments | 149.7 | 152.1 | 132.4 |
| Total Motorways and Trunk Roads | 748.9 | 825.9 | 855.8 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 266.6 | 281.1 | 277.3 |
| Non-cash | 100.2 | 135.4 | 167.5 |
| Capital | 382.1 | 409.4 | 411.0 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for Ferry Services | 199.1 | 231.6 | 228.5 |
| Vessels and Piers | 56.0 | 56.0 | 67.5 |
| Total Ferry Services | 255.1 | 287.6 | 296.0 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 177.3 | 209.8 | 206.7 |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | 77.8 | 77.8 | 89.3 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands and Islands Airports Limited | 70.5 | 91.4 | 71.3 |
| Support for Air Services | 15.7 | 16.2 | 17.2 |
| Total Air Services | 86.2 | 107.6 | 88.5 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 39.9 | 40.4 | 58.6 |
| Non-cash | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Capital | 36.8 | 57.7 | 20.4 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme and Running costs | 17.5 | 18.1 | 19.6 |
| Depreciation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Woodland Grants | 56.8 | 62.8 | 69.5 |
| EC Receipts | (26.9) | – | (3.2) |
| Forest Research (Cross Border Services) | – | 2.7 | 4.5 |
| Total Scottish Forestry | 47.5 | 83.7 | 90.9 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 24.9 | 37.6 | 39.2 |
| Non-cash | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Capital | 19.5 | 45.0 | 50.2 |
| FTs | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLS Resource | 13.6 | 15.4 | 16.7 |
| FLS Capital | 3.6 | 22.1 | 10.5 |
| Total Forestry and Land Scotland | 17.2 | 37.5 | 27.2 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 13.6 | 15.4 | 16.7 |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | 3.6 | 22.1 | 10.5 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Policy, Research and Sponsorship | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| Economic and Other Surveys | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Programmes of Research | 47.8 | 50.0 | 50.4 |
| Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh | 14.5 | 30.5 | 28.7 |
| Total Research, Analysis and Other | 71.0 | 90.8 | 88.3 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 34.0 | 37.3 | 36.9 |
| Non-cash | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Capital | 34.1 | 50.6 | 48.5 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Parks | 13.9 | 17.5 | 18.5 |
| Environmental Quality | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.9 |
| Natural Resources, Peatland and Flooding | 29.7 | 44.1 | 56.4 |
| Scottish Environmental Protection Agency | 37.1 | 43.5 | 41.4 |
| NatureScot | 49.1 | 50.2 | 49.6 |
| Zero Waste | 16.5 | 40.2 | 43.4 |
| Total Environmental Services | 157.1 | 206.5 | 220.2 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 145.3 | 138.7 | 144.0 |
| Non-cash | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
| Capital | 7.4 | 59.9 | 67.6 |
| FTs | (4.0) | (0.6) | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Standards Scotland | – | – | 2.2 |
| Total Environmental Standards Scotland | – | – | 2.2 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | – | – | 2.2 |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | – | – | – |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Reform | 15.0 | 14.9 | 12.3 |
| Scottish Land Commission | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Total Land Reform | 16.5 | 16.4 | 13.9 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | 10.5 | 10.6 | 8.0 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Change - Policy Development and Implementation | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Land Managers Renewables Fund | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Climate Action and Just Transition Fund | 28.7 | 29.8 | 49.1 |
| Total Climate Change and Land Managers Renewables Fund | 30.3 | 31.8 | 51.3 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | 26.3 | 27.8 | 27.3 |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | 4.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 |
| FTs | – | – | 10.0 |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest on Voted Loans | (100.5) | (103.0) | (105.0) |
| Voted Loans | 215.0 | 180.2 | 170.0 |
| Hydro Nation | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Drinking Water Quality Regulator | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Private Water | 1.7 | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| Total Scottish Water | 121.4 | 84.1 | 77.7 |
| of which: | |||
| Fiscal Resource | (93.6) | (96.1) | (97.3) |
| Non-cash | – | – | – |
| Capital | 215.0 | 180.2 | 175.0 |
| FTs | – | – | – |
| UK Funded AME | – | – | – |
| Level 3 | 2020-21 Budget £m |
2021-22 Budget £m |
2022-23 Budget £m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes | 23.9 | 23.9 | 23.9 |
| Support for Inter-Island Ferries | 11.5 | 19.2 | 19.2 |
| Regional Transport Partnership | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
| Heat Networks Early Adopters Challenge Fund | 50.0 | – | – |
| Total Central Gov. Grants to Local Authorities | 100.7 | 58.4 | 58.4 |
Net Zero, Energy and Transport intended contributions to the National Outcomes
Primary National Outcomes
- Economy
- Poverty
- Children and Young People
- Environment
Secondary National Outcomes
- International
- Communities
- Education
- Fair Work and Business
- Health
- Culture
- Human Rights
For further information on the purpose of the portfolio budget, and contributions to national outcomes (including impacts of spend on equality of outcome) please refer to the relevant portfolio annex in the published Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement.
Contact
Email: ScottishBudget@gov.scot
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