Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it will decouple the NorthLink Ferry service from the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate for calculating inflation.
There are no plans to move away from use of CPI in the Northern Isles Ferry Service contract which states that fares usually increase annually in line with the preceding May CPI rate, although Scottish Ministers can choose to vary this for example they have previously not increased but frozen fares to help address cost of living challenges.