Parliamentary questions
Tim Eagle
1,487 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether any funding awarded to organisations from the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme has ever had to be paid back, and, if so, whether it will provide details of this.
Answer · Gillian Martin: No projects within the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme have been required to pay back any monies to the Scottish Government.
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Carer's Allowance Supplement have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Social Security Scotland publishes benefit specific information on overpayments in their Annual Report and Accounts. It does not publish data on the number of occasions, or the amounts, where individual recipients of Carer's Allowance Supplement have been req…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much Pupil Equity Funding has been distributed to schools in each year since 2021, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Jenny Gilruth: The requested figures are set out in the following table 2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25 AllocationAllocationAllocationAllocationAllocationAberdeen City£3,110,987£3,731,120£3,263,915£3,263,915£ 3,264,200Aberdeenshir…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Funeral Support Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Social Security Scotland publishes benefit specific information on overpayments in their Annual Report and Accounts. It does not publish data on the number of occasions, or the amounts, where individual recipients of Funeral Support Payment have been required…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Scottish Child Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Social Security Scotland publishes benefit specific information on overpayments in their Annual Report and Accounts. It does not publish data on the number of occasions, or the amounts, where individual recipients of Scottish Child Payment have been required …
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
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.
Answer · Neil Gray: There are no NHS boards in the Highlands and Islands region that have formally established a Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Service for patients with non-specific symptoms of cancer.In line with recently revised Scottish Referral Guidelines for Urgent Suspicion of C…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Winter Heating Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Social Security Scotland publishes benefit specific information on overpayments in their Annual Report and Accounts. It does not publish data on the number of occasions, or the amounts, where individual recipients of Winter Heating Payment have been required …
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Best Start Grant School Age Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Social Security Scotland publishes benefit specific information on overpayments in their Annual Report and Accounts. It does not publish data on the number of occasions, or the amounts, where individual recipients of the Best Start Grant School Age Payment ha…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether Pupil Equity Funding has ever been allocated to schools to help (a) parents and (b) pupils meet ferry costs in relation to traveling to school.
Answer · Jenny Gilruth: Headteachers are empowered to take the decisions they judge will have the greatest impact for their pupils. They know their school communities best and are best placed to identify the approaches most likely to reduce barriers to learning.The Scottish Governme…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
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.
Answer · Neil Gray: 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…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Best Start Grant Early Learning Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Social Security Scotland publishes benefit specific information on overpayments in their Annual Report and Accounts. It does not publish data on the number of occasions, or the amounts, where individual recipients of the Best Start Grant Early Learning Paymen…
24 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Carer Support Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Social Security Scotland publishes benefit specific information on overpayments in their Annual Report and Accounts. It does not publish data on the number of occasions, or the amounts, where individual recipients of Carer Support Payment have been required t…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time is for a child to receive cleft lip and palate surgery, as of 30 September 2025, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Neil Gray: The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. More detailed information on cleft lip and palate surgery waiting times will be held locally by NHS boards.
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many vacant (a) crofts and (b) farms there were in each local authority area on 30 September in each year since 2021.
Answer · Jim Fairlie: Vacant Crofts: 30-09-202130-09-202230-09-202330-09-202430-09-2025Argyll & Bute1131081028936Highland997915835744150Moray11100Na h-Eileanan an Iar171127866027North Ayrshire11110Orkney1301271261279Shetland36133030227626Vacant Farms:The Scottish Governme…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications in each local authority area are currently under review by the Energy Consents Unit.
Answer · Gillian Martin: Details of applications in each local authority area currently under review for consideration by the Energy Consents Unit are as follows:Local Planning AuthoritySection 36 applications (electricity generating station)Aberdeenshire3Dumfries and Galloway6East A…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
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.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government will publish all relevant impact assessments, including an Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA), prior to the implementation of Air Departure Tax.
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) protection and (b) research vessels the Marine Directorate currently owns.
Answer · Mairi Gougeon: The Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government currently owns a total of three Marine Protection Vessels (MPVs) — Hirta, Jura and Minna — which form the core of Scotland’s offshore marine protection fleet.In addition, the Directorate owns…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many decision notices it has been issued by the Scottish Information Commissioner, in each year since 2021.
Answer · Graeme Dey: Decision Notices of the Scottish Information Commissioner are published on the Commissioner's website: Decisions | Scottish Information Commissioner.For the purposes of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, ‘the Scottish Ministers’ Scott…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether any of the proposed walk-in GP services that it announced on 13 October 2025 will be located in the Highlands and Islands region.
Answer · Neil Gray: As set out in answer S6W-41307 on 13 October 2025, improving access to primary care is a key priority for this Government. We recognise the vital role that GPs, community nurses, pharmacists, dentists and other members of the primary care team play as the fou…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each year since 2021 have been fined under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013.
Answer · Siobhian Brown: The information requested regarding fines issued under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 is not held centrally.
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what enforcement action it has taken in each year since 2014 against housing associations following failures to repay funding from Scotland's Charitable Bond Programme, broken down by association.
Answer · Mairi McAllan: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-41337 on 7 November 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committe…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on legal fees paid to prevent disclosures under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, in each year since 2021.
Answer · Graeme Dey: The Scottish Government has previously released the following information regarding court fees, counsel's fees and judicial expenses paid in relation to court action in which the Scottish Information Commissioner, as regulator for Freedom of Information law, …
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) affordable and (b) social properties have been built as a result of loans from Scotland's Charitable Bond Programme, broken down by local authority area, since the programme was established in 2013.
Answer · Mairi McAllan: The information sought by the Member is not available in the format requested.Since 2014 the Scottish Government has invested over £500m in 43 Charitable Bonds. To date, the scheme has supported the delivery of more than 4,000 new affordable homes throu…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to deliver its proposed seven-days-a-week, walk-in GP services without reducing GP availability between Monday and Friday.
Answer · Neil Gray: As set out in answer S6W-41307 on 13 October 2025, improving access to primary care is a key priority for this Government. We recognise the vital role that GPs, community nurses, pharmacists, dentists and other members of the primary care team play as the fou…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its commitment to cut food waste by a third by 2025, as pledged in its 2016 strategy paper, Making Things Last: a circular economy strategy for Scotland.
Answer · Gillian Martin: I am disappointed that, based on latest estimates, we have not met our target to reduce food waste by 33% by 2025. The reasons behind this are complex, and partly reflect changed consumer behaviour since the pandemic. Scotland is not alone in facing this chal…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
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.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government is working with the UK Government to progress the implementation of Air Departure Tax. Discussions are continuing as required to ensure that this is done in a way that protects Highlands and Islands connectivity and complies with the U…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the value is of new business secured as a direct result of actions taken by its space envoy.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Government Trade & Investment (T&I) Envoy for Space was appointed in September 2024 to play a key role in promoting Scotland’s space sector internationally. Activity undertaken by the envoy is agreed with the Scottish Government, an…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any rail track (a) repairs and (b) upgrades that may be needed in the future, broken down by section, as well as by the date each repair or update work (i) was first identified as required and (ii) is projected to be completed by.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: This information is not held by the Scottish GovernmentNetwork Rail Infrastructure Limited which is a reserved responsibility of the UK Government owns the main line railway infrastructure in the UK and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and renewa…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many new entrants there have been to (a) crofting and (b) farming, in each year since 2021.
Answer · Jim Fairlie: New Entrants to Crofting:PeriodNumber of New Entrants01-10-2023 – 30-09-202456001-10-2022 – 30-09-202353701-10-2021 – 30-09-202253801-04-2021 – 31-03-2022508The Crofting Commission’s projected new entrant data for 2024-25, is sim…
14 Oct 2025 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) inpatient and (b) day case hospital admissions there have been with a diagnosis of a dog attack by either bite or strike, in each year since 2021.
Answer · Siobhian Brown: The following table has been published by Public Health Scotland on 28 October 2025 and shows the number of inpatient and day case admissions to hospital where a diagnosis of dog bites or strikes was recorded, from 2021-22 to 2024-25, in Scotland.The informat…