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Guidance to clinicians to support prescribing medicines off-label is provided by the General Medical Council (GMC) . The guidance states that doctors should usually prescribe licensed medicines in accordance with the terms of their licence but they may prescribe medicines off-label where, on the basis of an assessment of the individual patient, they conclude, for medical reasons, that it is necessary to do so to meet the specific needs of the patient. In addition, extant guidance states that, unless there is a specific clinical reason, clinicians should prescribe a licensed medicine which has been accepted for routine use in the NHS in Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) as opposed to prescribing off-label or unlicensed medicines.

The Scottish Government is working with developers and investors alongside Scottish Enterprise as part of the Investment Taskforce to identify any barriers to the deployment of projects at Grangemouth, including near term funding challenges as well as longer term policy challenges.

The Scottish Government is taking forward work to assess and further understand the policy recommendations set out in Project Willow. When available, we will update parliament of our conclusions.

There is no guidance in place for Scottish Minsters to specify how to consider the recommendations of a public inquiry reporter in renewable energy cases.

I welcome the report and note the ferry recommendation.

The Scottish Enterprise and UK Office for Investment have established the Grangemouth Investor taskforce which is focussed on identifying and attracting investment in the proposals outlined in Project Willow, with a particular focus on opportunities that the Grangemouth Just Transition Fund could support to ensure they become market investible.

This information (for the years 2014-15 – 2023-24) is available from the Office of Rail and Road statistics portal, published on its website. The Member may wish to access the following link, which provides the information requested: Passenger rail usage | ORR Data Portal

Passenger patronage for the year 2024-25 for ScotRail was recorded as 84.7 million.

Energy Consents applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis, with all relevant information considered to ensure balanced decision-making. This includes environmental information, consultee responses and if applicable, the inquiry report.

The decision-making rationale for each of these applications is set out in the determination letters which are publicly available on the Energy Consents Unit website.

The decision whether to grant consent is made on a case-by-case basis, taken only after careful consideration of environmental information, consultee responses and public representations.

We are continuing to give the SAWC reports on remote control static pulse devices and other aversive training devices careful consideration, along with the findings of our review into whether further provisions for wearable static pulse training devices are required, which was undertaken as part of the review of the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020. Once we have finished our deliberations, we will announce our timeline for a further consultation.