Our funding position

In November 2023, Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority proposed to the Scottish Government that with sustained investment the journey of police reform and improvement would continue. The investment secured has underpinned the development of this three-year business plan. This plan offers certainty on our long-term investment priorities and will be the basis on which we look to secure further investment.

Our financial planning assumptions that underpin delivery of this plan will be reviewed on a regular basis to take account of changes in our operating environment and funding position.

Enhanced productivity, greater efficiency and the delivery of the benefits of investment in transformation will all be critical to unlocking reinvestment into new capability and capacity across our organisation. Our affordable and sustainable model of policing will allow us to focus investment where it is needed to improve the service we deliver.