Current status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 29 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-38838 and S6W-38841 by Jim Fairlie on 3 July 2025, whether there is any capital or resource budget implication for the Peatland ACTION budget in 2026-27 and subsequent years as a result of the carbon contracts pilot.
There are no implications for the Peatland ACTION budget in the year 2026-2027 as a result of the carbon contracts pilot.
At this point in time, it is not possible to say how future costs of the pilot will impact on specific budgets. Budgets in respect of 2026-27 and future financial years have not yet been set by the Scottish Parliament.
For more information on the pilot see Carbon Contracts Pilot – Application Guidance | NatureScot.