A new release of the Scottish Infrastructure Investment Plan is expected to be outlined today. The plan will set out all major capital spending projects, including health, transport and infrastructure projects.

The previous version of the infrastructure invest plan detailed projects totalling £12. 8 billion, with the total expected to rise.

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, told the BBC: “we'll look at a range of programmes which are longer-term, which there is less certainty about because of the timescales involved, but it is nevertheless important to give detail of what our intentions and our ambitions are so that industry can be prepared."