Chamber and committees

The cost of chartering vessels to cover annual overhaul or disruption is listed in the following table. These are by Contract Year.

The total spend on consultancy services for each financial year from 2021-2022 to 2024-2025 is as follows. Please note the data for 2025-2026 is not yet available as the audit is still in process.

A free, vibrant, and independent press is essential and the Scottish Government is committed to playing our part to ensure it is maintained.

We have ongoing engagement on these matters but have not specifically engaged with Smiths News PLC regarding its ten-year distribution agreements with News UK and DMG Media, nor on regional newspaper distribution in rural and island communities.

In 2025 there were 5 National Entitlement Cards suspended, all within the Older and Disabled Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme.

No cardholders have been suspended so far in 2026.

The 45 Recommendations that make up the outcome of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) form the evidence base for the long term investment plans for Scotland’s strategic transport network.

The final set of recommendations consolidated over 2,500 individual projects, schemes and associated interventions. As many STPR2 recommendations comprise multiple interventions, often delivered through separate programmes and on different timescales, many elements of a recommendation may progress at different rates.

Consequently, it is difficult to assign a single implementation status to each recommendation. However, in summary:

None have been fully implemented, however given the nature of some they may require continuous investment, for example #31

41 of the 45 recommendations are classed as having commenced work. And partially implemented for example #10 and #38.

4 of the recommendations are awaiting full mobilisation of their implementation for example #22, #36, #40 and #41. None of the recommendations have been rejected.

Information relating to the value of the contract for the provision of RPAS for Marine Directorate is publicly available within the contract award notice. The award notice can be accessed via the Public Contracts Scotland website. The notice sets out the contract value and other relevant procurement information.

The Marine Directorate does not have a specified number of RPAS available for marine compliance aerial surveillance flights. RPAS capability is provided through a contracted arrangement with external suppliers, who operate short and medium-range systems from the Marine Protection Vessels Hirta and Jura. Availability is managed through this contract and is scaled according to operational requirements.

The number of pothole compensation claims made against trunk road Operating Companies and Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) companies that remained outstanding at the end of each year since 2021 is set out in the following table.

The proposal to establish a ferry service between Rosyth and Dunkirk was led by commercial partners. The Scottish Government supported efforts, including addressing Border Control Post requirements through the Official Controls (Location of Border Control Posts) (Scotland) Regulations 2026.

An application from the proposed operator under the Scottish Government's Waterborne Freight Grant scheme was under consideration, but no grant award was made before Forth Ports Ltd announced its withdrawal from the project.

Accordingly, the Scottish Government has not provided any funding for the Rosyth-Dunkirk ferry service. The only public resources committed were those associated with developing and implementing the Border Control Post regulations and assessing potential funding applications, such as staff time and administrative activity.

The Scottish National Investment Bank publishes information on its investment portfolio, including the recipient and amount invested, on its website: Our investment portfolio supports businesses, projects and communities that align with our missions | Scottish National Investment Bank. Information on the financial return achieved on individual investments is not published as this is commercially confidential.