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I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-42253 on 16 December 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

The final Retail Industry Leadership Group meeting of this year took place on the morning of 26 November, prior to the announcement of the UK budget, so no discussions took place at that time. However, we anticipate this will be a topic of discussion at the next ILG meeting, taking place in the first quarter of 2026.

The Tax Advisory Group (TAG)’s most recent meeting took place on 21 October 2025, prior to the UK Government’s budget on 26 November 2025. The group’s final meeting of this Parliament is expected to take place in early 2026.

The minutes for TAG meetings are published at Tax Advisory Group - gov.scot

Ministers regularly discuss matters of importance including budget priorities and the views of stakeholders in the run-up to the Scottish Budget. As is normal, decisions on non-domestic rates policy for 2026-27 will be set out in the Scottish Budget on 13 January 2026.

The decision to offer grant funding for Phase 2 of Offshore Solutions Group’s Temporary Storage – Floating Offshore Wind (TS-FLOW) project in 2024, to undertake site investigations and design work, was taken by Scottish Enterprise following analysis of the business plan for the project. Scottish Enterprise operates independently of the Scottish Government and is responsible for funding decisions within its delegated authority. This includes providing early-stage support to strategically significant and innovative businesses to help them assess the feasibility and deliverability of their proposals.

Scottish Enterprise has not had direct communication with Ministers in respect of this financial support. Following due diligence by Scottish Enterprise and an assessment of the project’s strategic alignment with the Scottish Government’s investment objectives, the grant was supported by the Scottish Government in 2025 with £1.83m as part of our strategic investment in supply chain and ports infrastructure for offshore wind.

Any applications for marine licences by the developer following exploratory work would be subject to the required regulatory processes, which includes formal public consultation. No applications for marine licences have been submitted.

Weekly comparative data for 2024 and 2025 broken down by Health Board can be found at: https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/flu-covid-vaccinations/resource/ae1cd4fd-5658-47b5-8e0a-2274627682d5

The Scottish Government received Commissioner’s Decision 279/2025 on 27 November and has 42 days from the date of the Decision to consider its position. As this process is still ongoing we are unable to provide the information you have requested at this time.

Publicly available influenza vaccine uptake data is published every Thursday, by Public Health Scotland (PHS), via PHS Vaccination Surveillance. Publication of influenza uptake data by eligible cohort group began on Thursday 23 October. Publication of uptake for each of the 14 Health Boards began on Thursday 27 November.

NHS Highland, along with the other territorial Health Boards, have access to a range of management information data that is updated each Tuesday by PHS. This has been available to the Health Boards since Tuesday 23 September.

Following the Commissioner’s Decision 279/2025, section 56 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 gives the Scottish Government a right of appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law only within 42 days of the Decision. The Scottish Government’s next steps in relation to these matters will be determined on their merits.

As of 30 November 2025, uptake of the adult flu vaccine in NHS Highland is 45.2% (69,285 vaccinations administered).

For winter 2024-25, NHS Highland adult flu vaccination uptake was 53.4% and in winter 2023-24 it was 52.8%. The figures for 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 can all be found at: PHS Vaccination Surveillance.

Uptake for child flu vaccinations by Health Board level is not published by Public Health Scotland via PHS Vaccination Surveillance.

We recommend contacting NHS Highland’s Immunisation Team directly, as they may be able to provide you with additional data.

Public Health Scotland is responsible for preparing influenza vaccination uptake statistics for NHS Highland, as well as all of the other territorial Health Boards.