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The total production cost was £149,459.88, correct at time of writing.

This cost includes rates for services procured by the Creative Services agency, and approved by the Scottish Government. These rates for distinct services and elements of production cannot be disclosed by the Scottish Government as they represent commercially-sensitive information. Marketing Spend for the Scottish Government is reconciled at the end of each financial year and published annually here: Marketing spend - gov.scot.

The spend on advertising slots on linear TV, broken down by broadcaster is as follows -

STV £156,027

ITV Breakfast Scot £8,260

C4 Scotland £13,992

The campaign spend for social media adverts was £61,084 on Meta only.

The First Minister and I had ministerial oversight for the campaign.

The Scottish Government has not had any recent discussions with either Glasgow City Council or Historic Environment Scotland regarding the Egyptian Halls.

The Scottish Government delivers support for the historic environment through our sponsorship of Historic Environment Scotland, the lead public body responsible for preserving, maintaining and promoting the historic environment. We would look to Historic Environment Scotland to provide preservation advice and guidance to Glasgow City Council and to any other key stakeholders involved with the site.

In February 2025, Glasgow City Council decided to investigate the potential to compulsorily purchase Egyptian Halls. Last autumn they marketed the building, seeking redevelopment proposals that would repair, protect and reuse Egyptian Halls. We understand that marketing is now complete and a preferred developer has been identified. The next stage of the process is to be considered by Glasgow City Council’s Contracts and Property committee on 6th February 2026.

In a parallel process Glasgow City Council served a Defective Buildings Notice on the owner of Egyptian Halls in March 2025. Historic Environment Scotland was consulted on the wording of the notice, which requires stabilisation of the parapet, vegetation removal, repointing of masonry and other repairs. As the owner of the building has not started the works required, the Council’s Building Standards Service is currently preparing to undertake the works.

The cap of £110,000 per business on the annual value of non-domestic rates reduction that a business can benefit from thanks to retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) on its properties in Scotland is set across all properties that a business is liable for and that qualify for the relief. The cap is, therefore dependent on the combined value of RHL relief awarded to properties in these sectors. Because some businesses are liable for rates on properties across multiple sectors it is not possible to accurately estimate the cost of removing the relief’s cap on individual sectors or on properties liable to pay different rates.

The cost of removing the annual £110,000 per business cap on RHL relief overall in financial year 2026-27 is estimated at £4.0 million. This assumes a 70% take-up of the relief offered, which is consistent with the approach taken in official policy cost forecasts undertaken by the Scottish Fiscal Commission.

Local authorities are responsible for administering non-domestic rates including reliefs, and relief awards must be compatible with the Subsidy Control Act 2022, in particular the subsidy control requirements set out in the Act.

The Scottish Government is working to increase the number of organ transplants for Scottish patients, to reduce waiting times, and to provide the best possible outcomes for patients.

Heart transplantation for adults and children who have received the Fontan procedure, and/or who have complex congenital heart disease, is a highly complex operation that requires specific skill sets for the heart transplant teams looking after these patients. As a result, complex congenital heart transplantation is undertaken at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle for the whole of the UK. This arrangement is supported by the NHS Blood and Transplant Cardiothoracic Advisory Group in order to concentrate this relatively uncommon activity in one centre to ensure adequate volume and maintenance of requisite skills for the team.

The Scottish Government is content that this arrangement provides patients with complex congenital heart disease requiring transplantation in Scotland with the best possible service and the lowest clinical risk. Accordingly, there are no current plans to review the transplant pathways for these operations.

A report was laid before the Scottish Parliament in June 2024 regarding the operation of the administrative arrangements that the Scottish Ministers have made for the carrying out of their forestry functions under the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018. A copy of the report can be found here: Administrative arrangements made by Scottish Ministers for the carrying out of their functions under the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 | Scottish Forestry

The report sets out the history and reconfirms the arrangements for and operation of the two separate executive agencies, Scottish Forestry and Forestry and Land Scotland, including their respective duties and functions.

Executive Pay in Scottish Water is a decision for its Board. In their decision making they take into consideration public sector pay policy, including Scottish Government’s pay policy for Chief Executives. Executive pay rates are published within Scottish Water's annual accounts which are publicly available.

The Energy Consents Unit requests contributions from other teams within the Scottish Government as required.

Teams across the Scottish Government can assess any impacts of their work on children and young people without routinely contacting the Children’s Rights Unit for consultation or advice.