{"id":6606,"date":"2026-06-16T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:06:28","slug":"scottish-public-sector-spend-2023-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2026\/06\/16\/scottish-public-sector-spend-2023-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Public Sector Spend 2023 \u2013 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/isbn\/9781807752286\">Scottish Public Sector Spend Report 2023 &#8211; 2024<\/a> has now been published, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and accessibility in how public money is spent.<\/p>\n<p>This report offers a detailed, visual overview of procurement spend across 108 Scottish public bodies\u2019 during the reporting year 2023-2024, highlighting where investment is being spent and where opportunities are being created.<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the majority of procurement spend remains with Scottish-based suppliers<\/li>\n<li>Scottish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to receive a significant share of spend<\/li>\n<li>public procurement continues to play a key role in supporting local economic growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Data sources and scope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/annual-report-procurement-activity-scotland-overview-procurement-activity-2023-2024\/\">Procurement activity: annual report 2023 to 2024 &#8211; gov.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u00a31,000 or more in aggregate spend in the financial year 2023 \u2013 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visualising spend across Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report includes a range of charts and maps that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>show spend within each Scottish local authority<\/li>\n<li>highlight the number of suppliers used by each authority<\/li>\n<li>demonstrate the geographic distribution of procurement spend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These visual insights clearly show the continued investment in Scottish businesses and regional economies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sector breakdown and commodity categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Procurement spend report also includes graphs on spend per commodity category for each of the four subsectors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NHS<\/li>\n<li>Higher and Further Education<\/li>\n<li>Local Authorities<\/li>\n<li>Central Government organisations (including core Scottish Government)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is important to note commodity categories are based on the supplier\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>This report demonstrates the ongoing impact of public procurement in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>supporting Scottish businesses<\/li>\n<li>strengthening local economies<\/li>\n<li>enabling evidence-based decision making<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It also highlights opportunities to further improve how procurement delivers value for Scotland.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/procurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gov.scot\/procurement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please email enquiries to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Subscribe to our blog<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to keep up to date\u00a0with the latest news across the procurement community.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Public Sector Spend Report 2023 &#8211; 2024 has now been published, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and accessibility in how public money is spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":741,"featured_media":6608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement-news","category-scottish-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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