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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-35338

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the evacuation system on the MV Isle of Mull will be upgraded.

Question reference: S6W-34535

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many properties bought in the calendar year 2024 were liable for the Additional Dweller Supplement, broken down by (a) the local authority area of the property, (b) properties in the purchase price band of (i) £0 to £100,000, (ii) £100,001 to £200,000, (iii) £200,001 to £300,000, (iv) £300,001 to £400,000, (v) £400,001 to £500,000 and (vi) £500,001 and above and (c) whether the buyer (A) was resident in the UK or (B) had a primary correspondence address abroad.

Revenue Scotland is responsible for the collection and management of Scotland’s fully devolved taxes, including Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT).

Management information data from Revenue Scotland regarding the LBTT Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) is provided in the following tables. On (c), the information provided is based on the correspondence address included in the tax return. The return does not however require information to be provided regarding a taxpayer’s residency status.

Where an amount of ADS is due in relation to a transaction, it may in some cases later be reclaimed.

(a) Tax returns submitted in 2024 with ADS declared due by local authority

Local Authority	Tax Returns
Aberdeen City	1,310
Aberdeenshire	900
Angus	380
Argyll and Bute	580
City of Edinburgh	2,700
Clackmannanshire	170
Dumfries and Galloway	610
Dundee City	770
East Ayrshire	370
East Dunbartonshire	310
East Lothian	350
East Renfrewshire	270
Falkirk	480
Fife	1,360
Glasgow City	2,600
Highland	1,050
Inverclyde	230
Midlothian	240
Moray	330
Na h-Eileanan Siar	100
North Ayrshire	530
North Lanarkshire	1,000
Orkney Islands	110
Perth and Kinross	710
Renfrewshire	780
Scottish Borders	450
Shetland Islands	90
South Ayrshire	460
South Lanarkshire	1,290
Stirling	390
West Dunbartonshire	270
West Lothian	540
Unknown	150
Total	21,870

(b) Tax returns submitted in 2024 with ADS declared due by band

Total Consideration Band	Tax Returns
£0 to £100,000	6,770
£100,001 to £200,000	7,190
£200,001 to £300,000	3,560
£300,001 to £400,000	1,910
£400,001 to £500,000	940
£500,001 and above	1,490
Total	21,870

Buyer	Tax Returns
Total tax returns submitted in 2024	21,870
…of which buyer address in UK	21,170
..of which buyer address outwith-UK	700

Notes for tables:

1.These data are management information figures derived from data as held in Revenue Scotland’s Scottish Electronic Tax Management System (SETS) at February 2025. These figures may potentially change due to administrative updates.

2.Some records in table (a) could not be readily assigned to a local authority. In some cases this can be where the addresses had not been assigned when the property was transacted.

3.Totals in tables may not be the sum of the values in the table due to rounding.

Question reference: S6T-02407

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of joint calls on the UK Government from business leaders in Scotland for the project to be progressed as a priority, whether it will provide an update on what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the Acorn carbon capture and storage project and Scotland’s journey to net zero.

Question reference: S6T-02395

Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people live in safe, warm homes, in light of reports that the number of properties falling below the "tolerable standard" in order to be fit for habitation has increased from an estimated 54,000 in 2018 to 729,000 in 2023.

Question reference: S6F-03892

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2025

To ask the First Minister, regarding any potential impact on planning legislation in Scotland, what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that the UK Government has proposed giving people living near power infrastructure hundreds of pounds off their bills each year.

Question reference: S6F-03906

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2025

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is considering to further support Scotland's universities, in light of reports that the University of the West of Scotland reported a multi-million pound deficit in the last financial year, with other universities across Scotland in a similar financial position.

Question reference: S6F-03900

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2025

To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on how the Scottish Government is working to improve healthy life expectancy.

Question reference: S6F-03889

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03890

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03891

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.