Current status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 25 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the NatureScot licensing review will report, and by what date a decision will be announced regarding the agency charging for its licensing services.
NatureScot intends to have the report ready for external review by 31 March 2025 and will then send to Scottish Ministers for consideration once the external review has been completed.
The remit of the review includes assessing the potential to apply the principle of full cost recovery to species licensing and this will be included in the review report.