Questions and answers
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-39888
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-39056 by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025, whether it will provide an update on when it will publish the Rural Support Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-39889
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-39056 by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025, whether it will publish its current draft of the Rural Support Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-39881
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has engaged with the UK Government on any proposals to reform the grid connection queue in order to remove so-called zombie scheme energy applications, and, if so, whether it will provide details of such engagement.
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Question reference: S6W-39884
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations made applications to the Place Based Investment Programme in 2024-25, broken down by eligible town.
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Question reference: S6W-39882
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations made applications to the Town Centre Capital Fund in 2024-25, broken down by eligible town.
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Question reference: S6W-39891
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment Scottish Water has made of any (a) wastewater assets and (b) sewerage infrastructure upgrades that may be needed in the future, broken down by local authority area, and on what date any such work (i) was first identified as required and (ii) is projected to be completed by.
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Question reference: S6W-39895
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31917 by Neil Gray on 13 December 2024, whether it will provide an update on how many Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) graduates from summer 2023 did not take up a GPST 1 post in Scotland following completion of their foundation year 2, and what their destination was.
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Question reference: S6W-39892
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12986 by Jamie Hepburn on 20 December 2022, how many students have taken up a medical school place at the University of (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Aberdeen, (d) St Andrews and (e) Dundee, in each year since 2020-21.
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Question reference: S6W-39879
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many so-called shovel-ready energy applications have secured grid connection offers since 2021 in the (a) Highlands and Islands region and (b) rest of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-39880
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to discourage energy companies from lodging speculative so-called zombie scheme energy applications.
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