The Scottish Government does not have the powers to impose financial penalties on operators in the event of turbine failure.

If a failure results in a serious breach of health, safety, or environmental obligations, particularly where harm to people or the environment occurs, operators must notify the Scottish Ministers within 24 hours for developments consented under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, including details of the incident and any remedial actions taken.

Scottish Enterprise continue to make significant progress in identifying credible propositions, including the 9 projects identified by Project Willow, that will secure the long term and sustainable future of the Grangemouth industrial cluster. Scottish Enterprise have now received over 100 enquiries from businesses interested in opportunities on the Grangemouth site, including a number of near term developments related to the Project Willow plastic waste recycling, biorefining and fuel switching technology pathways.

The Scottish Government is committed to developing a sustainable health and social care system that ensures people get the right care, at the right time, in the right place. In support of this, the Budget provides almost £2.2 billion investment for social care and integration – delivering on our Programme for Government commitment to increase social care spending by 25% over this Parliament, two years ahead of our original target. This includes an additional £125 million to support delivery of the pay uplift to a minimum of £12.60 per hour for adult social care workers in 2025-26.

Despite this substantial funding increase, we are aware that significant challenge for social care service provision remains. We are therefore working with partners on a programme of work to understand the current financial viability picture in the social care sector. This has included engaging with local leaders through the Collaborative Response and Assurance Group, as well as Ministerial roundtables with partners.

The Scottish Government can confirm there is no transport service, including taxi provision, available to support individuals who use drugs, in travelling to and from the Glasgow Safer Drug Consumption Facility (The Thistle).

This information can be found in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh‘s (RBGE) Annual Reports and Accounts: Accounts | Corporate Information | What We Do | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. Local authorities are responsible for setting budgets for street cleansing within their council area.

As chewing gum is a problematic form of litter that is difficult to remove, a UK-wide Chewing Gum Taskforce has been established which has two main objectives – cleaning up historic gum staining and changing behaviour so gum is disposed of correctly. Since 2021, the Taskforce has been responsible for dispersing up to £10 million of funding from chewing gum manufacturers. Grants of up to £27,500 are provided to local authorities to remove chewing gum and promote correct disposal. More information about the work of the Taskforce, including information on the councils that have received funding and reports on the first 3 years of activities, is available on the Keep Britain Tidy website.

As of 31 July 2025, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has 8 live vacancies.

This information can be found in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh‘s (RBGE) Annual Reports and Accounts: Accounts | Corporate Information | What We Do | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

This is an operational matter for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Every person, family and business impacted by the closing of the Grangemouth refinery matters and our focus, rightly, is on providing those who are losing their jobs with targeted skills support.

The £25m Grangemouth Just Transition Fund will be utilised to support new projects aligned to a Just Transition at Grangemouth. Scottish Enterprise are engaging with several emerging projects which have been identified via their triaging process and Ministers will provide further information in due course.

This additional £25m means that the Scottish Government – with a finite budget – has committed or already invested £87 million in Grangemouth.