Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of projects supported by the Just Transition Fund are required to report the number of (a) jobs created, (b) jobs safeguarded and (c) people subsequently entering employment, and when it expects to have complete outcome data for any projects supported in 2025-26.
Launched in 2022, the Just Transition Fund (JTF) is a 10-year commitment focused on creating new jobs and economic opportunities as the North East and Moray transitions away from carbon-intensive industries.
Scottish Government has an established reporting process which is used to monitor progress on each project during delivery. We also undertake regular independent impact evaluation to ensure that impacts of the Fund are well understood, and that the projects deliver as much impact as possible.
A fresh independent impact evaluation of the first four years of delivery of the JTF is being commissioned currently, and we intend to publish findings in early 2027. This will provide a comprehensive view of the jobs created, investment leveraged and wider impacts of the Fund. Importantly, it will also estimate the forward impact of these projects as they mature and continue to deliver and provide an estimate of the impact of the newly announced projects for 26/27. Some projects have their own independent evaluation, such as the ETZ Supply Chain Pathway and Challenge Fund Programme which has recently reported that their project alone directly led to the creation of 267 FTE jobs between 2022 – 2026, with the report estimating it would create 786 FTE jobs over a 10 year period. See here.