Public Procurement and Property

Scottish Public Sector Spend 2023 – 2024

June 16, 2026 by Scottish Procurement No Comments | Category Procurement news, Scottish Procurement

The Scottish Public Sector Spend Report 2023 – 2024 has now been published, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and accessibility in how public money is spent.

This report offers a detailed, visual overview of procurement spend across 108 Scottish public bodies’ during the reporting year 2023-2024, highlighting where investment is being spent and where opportunities are being created.

Despite ongoing economic pressures during 2023 to 2024 including global supply chain challenges, the Scottish public sector maintained a strong focus on supporting local suppliers. Key findings include:

• the majority of procurement spend remains with Scottish-based suppliers
• Scottish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to receive a significant share of spend
• public procurement continues to play a key role in supporting local economic growth

Data sources and scope

All data in the report is sourced from the Scottish Procurement Information Hub (the Hub) which compiles verified Accounts Payable data from the 108 participating public sector bodies. The data was validated in October 2025 to align with the Procurement activity: annual report 2023 to 2024 – gov.scot.

Information on the Hub relates to known procurement spend with suppliers that were classed as commercial organisations or as non-trade social care providers, and with whom individual public bodies spent £1,000 or more in aggregate spend in the financial year 2023 – 2024.

Visualising spend across Scotland

The report includes a range of charts and maps that:

• show spend within each Scottish local authority
• highlight the number of suppliers used by each authority
• demonstrate the geographic distribution of procurement spend

These visual insights clearly show the continued investment in Scottish businesses and regional economies.

Sector breakdown and commodity categories

Procurement spend report also includes graphs on spend per commodity category for each of the four subsectors:

• NHS
• Higher and Further Education
• Local Authorities
• Central Government organisations (including core Scottish Government)

It is important to note commodity categories are based on the supplier’s main area of business, noted in public sources used for data cleansing for example companies house, and not the goods and services purchased by the buying organisation.

This report demonstrates the ongoing impact of public procurement in:

• supporting Scottish businesses
• strengthening local economies
• enabling evidence-based decision making

It also highlights opportunities to further improve how procurement delivers value for Scotland.

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement

Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot

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