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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-41504

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33126 by Neil Gray on 17 January 2025, whether it will meet its target to achieve population-based coverage of access to rapid cancer diagnostic services by 2026.

Our sixth Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Service for people with non-specific symptoms of cancer open in NHS Forth Valley in May.

The Centre for Sustainable Delivery is now working with Boards across Scotland to embed learning and work on non-specific symptoms pathways across Scotland.

In line with the publication of the recently revised Scottish Referral Guidelines for Urgent Suspicion of Cancer in July this year, the Centre for Sustainable Delivery have confirmed that all NHS territorial Health Boards now have pathways in place for those presenting with non-specific symptoms of cancer.

Question reference: S6W-41483

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications to the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme there have been in each year since 2023, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-41506

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have used the Hospital at Home service in each year since 2021, broken down by NHS board area.

Published figures from Healthcare Improvement Scotland estimated that Hospital at Home services for Older and Acute Adults prevented 15,470 people being admitted to hospital in 2024-2025, reducing pressure on unscheduled care and delayed discharges.

Board level data for the Older Adults pathway is a matter for Healthcare Improvement Scotland who collate and manage this data collection.

Officials are working with PHS Scotland to develop a new national data set for Hospital at Home activity and related admission alternative services. Data collection is due to commence later this year and will be expanded to include other Hospital at Home pathways such as heart failure, respiratory, paediatrics and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT). Public Health Scotland plan to publish figures as this develops during 2026.

Question reference: S6W-41507

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Hospital at Home service is currently available in each NHS board area in the Highlands and Islands region.

All NHS territorial boards in the Highlands and Islands region have been allocated funding as part of the additional £200m Operational Improvement Plan investment to deliver and expand their Hospital at Home services.

All territorial boards are currently providing a Hospital at Home service. Some of these services are more established while others are still developing. What matters most is that these services are proportionate to the population's needs and effectively connected to community support, enabling people to receive safe and timely care, in the most appropriate location.

Question reference: S6W-41505

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33126 by Neil Gray on 17 January 2025, whether any NHS boards in the Highlands and Islands region currently have rapid cancer diagnostic services in place.

Question reference: S6W-41335

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will produce an island communities impact assessment to evaluate any impact of its proposed Air Departure Tax on island communities.

Question reference: S6W-41334

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider updating its economic impact assessment for its proposed Air Departure Tax, in light of the reported delays to its implementation.

Question reference: S6W-41333

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding an exemption for the Highlands and Islands to its proposed Air Departure Tax.

Question reference: S6W-41666

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41468 by Gillian Martin on 27 October 2025, whether it will confirm where the 10 pilot sites will be located.

Question reference: S6W-41686

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41145 by Angus Robertson on 4 November 2025, whether it will provide the total cost of the legal advice it received in the preparation of its paper, A Fresh Start with Independence.