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Scottish Government fully recognises the vital contribution of all our fishermen, including those that hand dive, who work tirelessly to provide high-quality seafood. Their efforts are vital to the Scottish economy, and for our coastal and island communities in particular, and give Scotland its rightful reputation as a producer of world-class fish and shellfish.

As our national trade and marketing body for the Scottish seafood industry, Scottish Government works closely with Seafood Scotland. The Scottish Government, alongside Seafood Scotland, supports transparency in seafood sourcing and welcomes informed consumer choice. Catching and production information is already accessible to buyers through labelling and supply chain data.

Scottish Government does not however have a role in relation to how menus are written. Food Standards Scotland has responsibility for the provision of food information to consumers, including fish labelling. While there is no legal requirement to provide provenance and catch methods on menus, food businesses may provide this information on a voluntary basis. As with all food information, it must be accurate and not mislead the consumer.

We continuously improve how we manage our waters based on the best available evidence, and are always working towards more sustainable inshore fisheries that balance economic, social and environmental outcomes.

Consumer Scotland, as the statutory independent consumer body in Scotland, has responsibility for overseeing scams prevention and awareness work. In addition, the Scottish Government funds a post in Trading Standards Scotland to help minimise the scale and impact of energy efficiency related scams before they cause any consumer detriment.

The Scottish Government funds the Home Energy Scotland (HES) advice service, which provides free, impartial and bespoke advice and support for energy efficiency, clean heating and fuel poverty for all households in Scotland. HES is also the route for access to various Scottish Government grants and loans. No Scottish Government funding schemes participate in cold calling. We recommend that households call HES if they are unsure if a Scottish energy efficiency scheme is genuine.

Consumers can also contact the Scottish Government-funded consumer helpline, Advice Direct Scotland, to report any suspicious schemes and seek guidance on action.

Scottish Government Ministers have said they expect to spend at least the equivalent of the £97.1 million received in consequential funding on Cladding Remediation, and will do so.

Information on expenditure is published quarterly on the Scottish Government website:
Single Building Assessment programme: spending information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) was established on 1 April 2013 so 2013-14 is the first year of funding allocation. The allocations provided to SFRS in the annual budget Acts were as follows:

The development and delivery of flood protection schemes is a local authority responsibility, and the Scottish Government provides funding to support them to do so.

Scottish Government has not had discussions with Boards about expanding CAR-T cell therapy provision beyond the current centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Until late 2024, adult CAR-T cell therapy in Scotland was delivered through a single specialist centre. The move to a three-centre model from April 2025 reflects a clinically-led and phased approach to scaling this complex and resource-intensive treatment.

CAR T-cell therapy requires specialist facilities, accredited services, and expert clinical teams to manage serious side effects. Because only a small number of patients are eligible, concentrating treatment in a few centres helps maintain safety, quality, and clinical expertise.

It is too early to assess the need for further expansion. The impact of the current model must be fully evaluated before considering additional centres. Any future decisions will be based on clinical need, service capacity, and workforce sustainability.

The Scottish Government’s assessment of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s (SFRS) response to any incidents is informed by regular engagement (at various levels between SFRS and the Scottish Government), annual and mid-year performance reviews and HMFSI reports.

The Chief Fire Officer has provided assurances to the Scottish Government that SFRS remains ready and able to respond to all relevant non-fire related emergency incidents that may occur across Scotland.

The Scottish Government supports the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) as it carefully considers how to adapt to the changing risks to remain effective and efficient, with firefighters in the right place at the right time.

SFRS is undertaking a Strategic Service Review and there will be a full public consultation, commencing at the end of June. SFRS will analyse the responses to that consultation before taking decisions on which options should be implemented over the next 5 years.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information.

The following table shows the number of crimes involving the illegal use of an air weapon, by Local Authority, split by main perpetrator age (where identified). This is sourced from the Crimes and offences involving a firearm Official Statistics, for which the latest published year is 2021-22. Future updates will follow the conclusion of a review by analysts from Scottish Government and Police Scotland into the methodology for producing this data. Unlike other crime-based official statistics, the current approach relies on the manual review of crime records to identify relevant cases, which is resource intensive and requires significant time to complete. An update on the outcome of this work is planned for early Autumn, and users can register for this through the SCOTSTAT network.

Crimes involving illegal use of an air weapon 2018-19 to 2021-22