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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)
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Question reference: S6W-38745

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its target date is for all domestic properties to be converted from gas to hydrogen; how much it is estimated to cost, and what grant funding will be available.

Hydrogen is not considered the primary approach to decarbonising domestic heat; however, it does still have a role to play where electrification is not the optimal solution.

Our Heat in Buildings Strategy set out the potential for hydrogen to replace natural gas in some parts of the gas grid. Any such role continues to depend on strategic decisions by the UK Government in the coming years.

Hydrogen use for domestic heating is new and needs to be demonstrated before the UK Government makes its decision. The Scottish Government has provided £6.9m grant funding to SGN’s H100 Fife hydrogen for home heating demonstration project, which will contribute to the evidence base on the role hydrogen can play in decarbonising heat using the gas network. This project is expected to come online in Autumn 2025 and will fit up to 300 hydrogen boilers supplied with 100% green hydrogen produced from offshore wind renewable electricity.

Question reference: S6W-38744

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the reported commercial benefit of producing chlorine gas alongside hydrogen and oxygen when producing green hydrogen from sea water, and what its position is on whether that would help to reduce the projected price of green hydrogen.

The Scottish Government recognise that lowering the production cost of green hydrogen is a key factor in the development of the hydrogen economy in Scotland. We are supportive of innovation and technological advances that could support this aim.

Innovation within the hydrogen space will be critical to help us reach our hydrogen ambitions. To support this the Scottish Government launched the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme to drive technological process and advance innovation to support the development of the hydrogen economy in Scotland. The Scottish Government remains fully committed to helping the Scottish hydrogen sector develop and grow.

Question reference: S6W-38750

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 June 2025

The Scottish Government is committed to helping the Scottish hydrogen sector develop and grow to realise an ambition of generating 5GW of green and low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 and 25GW by 2045. Working with our Enterprise Agencies, we are actively engaging with developers to support and encourage hydrogen production projects across Scotland. Given the nascent nature of the sector, and the pace of the developing global hydrogen economy, future production capacity levels are subject to many factors and are challenging to forecast.

Question reference: S6W-39023

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the Scottish Funding Council to ensure that colleges can continue to deliver any animal care, agriculture and rural skills training that is considered critical to Scotland’s rural economy.

Question reference: S6W-39022

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to (a) protect and (b) promote access to land-based and rural education courses, in light of reported reductions in college course offerings in these areas.

Question reference: S6W-39020

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to providing funding for rural and animal care education in colleges to support skills development in Scotland’s land-based industries.

Question reference: S6W-39024

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with rural stakeholders, including farming and animal welfare organisations, regarding any impact of college course closures on workforce development in the rural sector.

Question reference: S6W-39021

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of reported funding reductions on the provision of animal care and rural skills courses in colleges.

Question reference: S6W-38976

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Historic Environment Scotland regarding the future of the South Sleat Estate, in light of reports that it has been placed on the market for sale.

Question reference: S6W-38983

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the fuel usage over the last three years of all vessels operating on (a) CalMac and (b) NorthLink ferry services, broken down by vessel.