Further to the answer to question S7W-01901 by Jim Fairlie on 5 August 2026, what consideration it has given to making data on subsidy paym…

Scottish Ministers remain fully committed to making data on subsidy payments made to beneficiaries in Scotland under all CAP legacy schemes more accessible to the public.The first publication was made on the Scottish Government website on the 30th June 2026 for the data relating to all CAP legacy schemes subsidy payments made to beneficiaries in Scotland during the EU financial year from 16 October 2024 to 15 October 2025 and this data will remain available for two years, until June 2028.This publication included the names of all beneficiaries apart from those who received less than the equivalent of 1,250 in total subsidy during the year that are not shown in the spreadsheet. In these cases, payment amounts are included, but beneficiary names have been removed. For the purposes of this publication , 1,250 has been converted to a sterling equivalent of £1,114.Similar publications will be made on the Scottish Government website on the 30th June in subsequent years throughout the current parliamentary session.In terms of the regulations that provided for the above approved by Parliament, these are just temporary bridging measures for our period of transition until such time as the new data scheme publication arrangements are made in terms of the secondary legislation to be introduced later on under the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024.At that time, Scottish Ministers shall seek to address any opportunities to improve accessibility for the public to this type of data.