Payouts to passengers on Scotland’s publicly-owned ferry operator averaged more than £50,000 per month for a period of last year.
CalMac paid out £215,000 for disruption between April and the end of July 2022 - almost equal to the amount paid in the full year before (£261,000) - according to figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request by Scottish Labour.
It meant payouts over the period averaged £53,750 a month, compared to an average £21,750 a month the year before and £13,250 in 2018-19.
