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Question reference: S6W-43038

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Just Transition Fund has been spent to date.

The following table provides a summary of the spend to date for each the Just Transition Projects. The 2025-26 figures include spend for the year to date, with further spend anticipated before the end of the financial year.

Fund	Recipient / Organisation	Project	Description	Year	Total Award	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
Just Transition Fund	Robert Gordon University	Digital Innovation Lab	Digital Innovation Lab initially supporting the construction sector to decarbonise before addressing challenges across a range of sectors.	2022 - 2024	£1.34 million	£313,982	£1,026,495	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	The James Hutton Institute	HydroGlen	Green hydrogen farming pilot to acquire new knowledge to switch from increasingly high levels of fuel poverty to self-reliant, net-zero carbon energy producers in rural communities.	2022 - 2026	£6.96 million	£262,270	£1,248,413	£1,987,031	£3,470,490
Just Transition Fund	The James Hutton Institute	Just Transition Hub	Net zero innovation hub with a land-use and agriculture focus, located within the grounds of the James Hutton Institute (Hutton) campus in Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen.	2022 - 2025	£7.192 million	£243,601	£667,000	£6,281,399	£0
Just Transition Fund	Moray Council	Just Transition Masterplan – Moray Council	Five interlinked projects to support Moray’s journey away from fossil fuels, including projects to support offshore renewables, creation of a local hydrogen economy, natural capital approach to offsetting, and redeveloping derelict land and premises.	2022 - 2024	£638,984	£250,545	£215,968	£172,471	£0
Just Transition Fund	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray Councils	NESS Carbon Capture Feasibility Study	Study to determine if there is a viable project to retrofit carbon capture systems to the NESS energy facility.	2022 - 2023	£96,750	£96,750	£0	£0	£0
Just -Transition Fund	The Food Hub (NES)	SeedPod	Seedpod aims to be the go to centre for innovation and growth in the net zero food & drink industry. The Just Transition Fund has contributed £3.1m towards the cost of building and fitting out the £27 million project.	2022 - 2024	£3.1 million	£500,000	£2,600,000	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Social Investment Scotland	Social Enterprise Just Transition Fund	Delivery of a blended finance approach(part loan/part grant) focused on supporting charities and social enterprises to transition to net zero.	2022 - 2024	£1,016,085	£488,085	£528,000	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Energy Transition Zone Ltd	Supply Chain Pathway and Energy Transition Challenge Fund	Supporting companies to enter new energy markets, and delivering capital investment grants to help energy supply chain companies take advantage of low carbon sector opportunities.	2022 - 2026	£9.8 million	£1,299,598	£2,841,000	£2,839,913	£2,840,000
Just Transition Fund	Energy Transition Zone Ltd	Energy Transition Skills Hub (formerly Advanced Manufacturing Skills Hub)	The Skills Hub will be a focal point of the Energy Transition Zone Skills Campus and will aim to deliver the skills and training needed to support net zero transition.	2022 - 2024	£4.5 million	£1,180,000	£470,000	£2,850,000	£0
Just Transition Fund	VSA	Easter Anguston Farm	Feasibility study setting out plans for a centre of excellence focusing on 4 areas: STEM, Farm-to-Fork, woodland adventures and linking people to services to help their health and wellbeing.	2022 - 2023	£504,447	£504,447	£0	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	OPITO	Energy Skills Passport	Development and deployment of a digital offshore energy skills passport to support the transition of skills and jobs across the rapidly changing industry.	2022 - 2024	£3.7 million	£1,871,968	£1,831,642	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	National Energy Skills Accelerator (NESA)	Pilot Energy Transition Skills	Assessing the net zero energy transition skills landscape from now until 2030, identifying gaps/ demand and designing and delivering pilot training to address these.	2022 - 2024	£1 million	£39,960	£960,040	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI Moray)	Moray Net Zero Bottlenecks	Collaborative study focused on the current and future skills requirements and labour supply chain bottlenecks in Moray as it transitions to Net Zero.	2022 - 2024	£181,789	£41,596	£140,193	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Net Zero Technology Centre	Hydrogen Offshore Production (HOP2)	Project to demonstrate that offshore hydrogen production and storage is feasible through the repurposing of existing assets to produce green hydrogen.	2022 - 2026	£2.12 million	£126,000	£514,000	£680,000	£800,000
Just Transition Fund	Ripcell	Sustainable Solvent Recovery/EV Battery Recycling	Pilot to test technology using pot ale (whisky waste product) to deploy a “green solvent” to be used in recycling batteries.	2022 - 2024	£627,274	£457,559	£169,715	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Shine Engineering	Tidal Rotor Generator	Pilot to develop tidal rotor generators to create a source of green energy in the region.	2022 - 2024	£167,200	£71,200	£96,000	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Seaweed Energy	Wave Energy Converter	Pilot to develop wave energy converters to create a source of green energy in the region.	2022 - 2024	£100,100	£70,000	£30,100	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub	Just Transition Communities Project	This pilot study aims to address the question of how communities can be involved in and help to drive the process of designing, creating and delivering a Just Transition through a range of participative approaches, including Climate Assemblies.	2022 - 2026	£804,096	£240,000	£172,096	£250,000	£142,000
Just Transition Fund	Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce/Campaign for North East Rail (CNER)	Buchan Sustainable Transport Study	Study to examine possible travel interventions in Dyce, Ellon, Peterhead, and Fraserburgh to accelerate the region’s transition to net zero.	2022 - 2024	£250,000	£0	£250,000	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Park Ecovillage Trust and Findhorn Innovation Research and Education	Findhorn Ecovillage	Four feasibility studies looking at shifting from conventional housing to net zero housing and transportation within the context of the ecovillage and beyond.	2022 - 2023	£226,775	£226,775	£0	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Findhorn, Nairn, and Lossie Rivers Trust	Findhorn Watershed Riverwoods Pilot	Habitat restoration of the Findhorn watershed, beginning with an unbroken network of riparian woodland along its riverbanks, supporting the restoration of Wild Atlantic Salmon populations.	2022 - 2025	£969,972	£139,972	£434,098	£316,838	£0
Just Transition Fund	tsiMoray, Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action, NESCAN Hub and Money4Moray	Just Transition Participatory Budgeting	£1 million of the Fund will be allocated to participatory budgeting every year over the lifetime of this parliament.	2022 - 2025	£4 million	£1,000,000	£1,000,000	£1,000,000	£1,000,000
Just Transition Fund	Opportunity North East	North East Adventure Tourism	Project to transform the region into a world class destination for adventure tourism by facilitating the development of high quality, sustainable facilities and low carbon infrastructure.	2022 - 2024	£1,690,67	£397,000	£1,293,674	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	The Cabrach Trust	The Cabrach Distillery	Development of distillery, a Community Interest Company for the Cabrach region that will use its revenues for rural regeneration and a community led regeneration master plan.	2022 - 2023	£361,767	£361,767	£0	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub	Capacity Support	Staff resource costs to support delivery of the Just Transition Communities Project.	2022-2026	£324,193	£23,968	£48,892	£94,527	£156,806
Just Transition Fund	ORE Catapult	Large Scale Synthetic Mooring Line Test Rig	Build and design of large scale synthetic mooring line test rig.	2025-2026	£500,000	£0	£0	£0	£500,000
Just Transition Fund	Maritime Developments Ltd	Cable Handling Facility	Purchase and installation of 10,000 tonne offshore carousel and product highway package to support OW industry.	2025-2026	£2,914,916	£0	£0	£0	£2,914,916
Just Transition Fund	Verlume Ltd	Orah Assembly and Deployment	Subsea battery storge and energy management system.	2025-2026	£2,593,400	£0	£0	£0	£2,593,400
Just Transition Fund	Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners	Enabling Renewable Energy Infrastructure	Support the Ground Investigation required to unlock Phase 1 (North Breakwater Extension) of the Fraserburgh Harbour Development.	2025-2026	£2,471,712	£0	£0	£0	£2,471,712
Just Transition Fund	Moray Council	Development of a Strategic Outline Case for Moray Growth Deal Skills & Development Project	The programme supports six linked projects in Moray, advancing renewable energy, nature restoration, low-carbon housing, and green enterprise to drive economic, social, and environmental benefits.	2025-2026	£40,000	£0	£0	£0	£40,000

Question reference: S6W-43029

Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards accept child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) self referrals from people with eating disorders.

The Scottish Government does not routinely collect data on which NHS Boards accept child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) self-referrals from those with eating disorders.

The Scottish Government’s National Specification for the Care and Treatment of Eating Disorders in Scotland sets out the expectation that pathways and processes are developed with people with living/ lived experience, ensuring accessible and responsive care, including self-referral options. Specialist eating disorder services should be supported to accept self-referrals.

Through the Eating Disorders National Network, we continue to work with Boards to understand how best to support them in this area, and plan to host webinars on self-referral pathways.

Question reference: S6W-43045

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is currently undertaking with local authorities to ensure that adequate specialist provision is available for under-18s with addiction issues across Scotland.

The Scottish Government published Standards for Young People Accessing Treatment or Support for Drugs or Alcohol on 15 December 2025.

These Standards clearly set out:

What young people aged 25 and under should expect when seeking help for their own alcohol or drug use
Recommendations for delivery: action by local commissioners and local services to support the Standards

Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships (ADPs) were consulted in the development of the Standards and the Standards were endorsed by COSLA.

We are now developing a plan to implement these Standards and will work with our local partners, including ADPs on delivery of the Standards.

Question reference: S6W-43054

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the agreed date is for the completion of Winchburgh train station.

Question reference: S6W-43043

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its draft Budget 2026-27 and the associated level 4 tables, whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of the £24.311 million allocation in the budget line, "Social Care Support - Other Spend".

The 2026-27 budget has not yet been passed by Parliament and is at draft stage. The level 4 breakdown provided in the budget tables is the lowest breakdown currently available as spending plans are still being developed by policy leads.

However, on a provisional basis, the budget is expected to deliver a number of small value budgets such as Learning Disabilities - The same as you?, Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Sensory Impairment and the Health Directorate's contribution to the British Sign Language Bill. The budget also now includes staff costs previously included within other Care Support and Rights budgets.

It also includes additional funding for digital telecare pilot as part of commitment to remove non-residential charges .

Question reference: S6W-43011

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-39465 by Jim Fairlie on 29 July 2025 and in light of the announcement by the UK Government that it will consult on slaughter legislation for farmed fish, whether it will revisit its decision to rely on guidance rather than regulations in relation to the slaughter of farmed fish.

Question reference: S6W-43051

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what specialist residential provision is currently provided for under-18s experiencing addiction issues, broken down by local authority area.

There are currently no residential rehabilitation services in Scotland that are designed to support under-18s specifically through recovery from substance use.

Whilst most residential services provide support to adults over 18, there are some instances where this can be extended to 16-17-year-olds. However, these decisions must be made on a case-by-case basis, in conjunction with the chosen provider, referrer, social work and the Care Inspectorate.

As part of developing work in this area, the Scottish Government published Standards for Young People Accessing Treatment or Support for Drugs or Alcohol on 15 December 2025.

These Standards clearly set out:

What young people aged 25 and under should expect when seeking help for their own alcohol or drug use
Recommendations for delivery: action by local commissioners and local services to support the Standards

We are now developing a plan to implement these Standards and will work with our local partners, including local authorities and Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships, on their delivery.

Question reference: S6W-42967

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its position on the reintroduction of lynx in Scotland.

As I set out during portfolio questions on 21 January 2026, in the answer to S6O-05392, the Scottish Government understands that there may be concerns in light of recent public engagement and media attention about proposals to reintroduce lynx into Scotland.

Any proposed reintroduction would require a significant amount of consultation and evidence to assess the risks and benefits associated before a licence would be considered.

For clarity our position remains the same, we have no plans to reintroduce lynx into Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-43053

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has authorised to be spent from the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal to build Winchburgh train station.

Question reference: S6W-43055

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 27 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what role Transport Scotland will have in the delivery of Winchburgh train station.

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