Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-41711, S6W-41712 and S6W-41713 by Ivan McKee on 13 November 2025, whether it will provide information on how much has been collected through its carbon levy on business flights in each financial year since the levy was introduced, and what the (a) cumulative total collected to date, (b) cumulative total spent to date and (c) current balance remaining in the carbon levy fund is.
The Carbon Levy was implemented in financial year 2006-7. Historical data on the amount collected each year prior to 2017-18 is not available.
2017-18 - £33,321
2018-19 - £32,211
2019-20 - £40,534
2020-21 - £558
2021-22 - No money collected
2022-23 - No money collected
2023-24 - No money collected
2024-25 £40,512
Between 2021 and 2024 no money was transferred from the travel provider. The money accumulated and was paid in 2024-25
The cumulative total spend to date is £440,000.
The current balance is £147,136