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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-42909

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the funding awarded to each local authority from the Just Transition Fund in each year since 2022, also broken down by each project that was awarded funding.

A breakdown of funding provided to local authorities from the Just Transition Fund is given in the following table. This provides details of each project that has been awarded funding:

Fund	Recipient / Organisation	Project	Description	Year	Total Award	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
Just Transition Fund	Moray Council	Just Transition Masterplan – Moray Council	Five interlinked projects to support Moray’s journey away from fossil fuels, including projects to support offshore renewables, creation of a local hydrogen economy, natural capital approach to offsetting, and redeveloping derelict land and premises.	2022 - 2024	£881 k	£250,544.62	£215,967.68	£172,471	£0
Just Transition Fund	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray Councils	NESS Carbon Capture Feasibility Study	Study to determine if there is a viable project to retrofit carbon capture systems to the NESS energy facility.	2022 - 2023	£100 k	£96,750	£0	£0	£0
Just Transition Fund	Moray Council	Development of a Strategic Outline Case for Moray Growth Deal Skills & Development Project	The programme supports six linked projects in Moray, advancing renewable energy, nature restoration, low-carbon housing, and green enterprise to drive economic, social, and environmental benefits.	2025-2026	£40k	£0	£0	£0	£40k

Question reference: S6W-42908

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it will open the next funding round for the Just Transition Fund.

Question reference: S6W-42906

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether Moray Council is eligible for funding from the Historic Environment Grants Programme to help repair the Spey Viaduct bridge.

Questions regarding day-to-day operational matters of Historic Environment Scotland, including queries relating to any Grant applications or eligibility, are best answered directly by Historic Environment Scotland.

I would suggest that Moray Council contact Historic Environment Scotland directly at [email protected] to discuss the Spey Viaduct Bridge repair project and any potential funding options. Further information on Historic Environment Scotland’s Grant Schemes is available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/grants-and-funding/.

Question reference: S6W-43259

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42965 by Gillian Martin on 21 January 2026, whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy and/or (b) the Minister for Public Finance made a formal request to the First Minister to reallocate ministerial responsibility for determining consent decisions and, if so, whether it will confirm when this request was made and, if this took the form of a written request, whether it will publish this.

Question reference: S6W-42939

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership is considering reducing its responder service as part of wider budget savings.

The Scottish Government wants to ensure that people are supported to live independently in their own homes and communities.

However, decisions on how best to deliver services for local communities are ultimately for integration authorities to make. This has to be a continuous way of working that appropriately seeks to understand the needs of local people and how best to meet them.

The Scottish Government would encourage all local partners to work together to find solutions that not only address financial pressures, but put the needs of local people – particularly those most vulnerable – at the centre.

Question reference: S6O-05414

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 22 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many new homes have been delivered as a result of the Rural Affordable Homes for Key Workers Fund.

The Rural Affordable Homes for Key Workers Fund is demand-led and requires local authorities and Registered Social Landlords to identify proposals where there is identified need. To date, 25 homes have been delivered through the Fund, with a total of 41 homes having been approved. My officials regularly engage with local authorities and RSLs to encourage proposals to be brought forward.

The Fund complements our broader Affordable Housing Supply Programme which has delivered more than 12,000 homes in rural and island communities between April 2016 and March 2024, including to meet the need for key workers.

Question reference: S6W-43239

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out regarding what revenue it estimates will be raised by the ending of the Small Business Bonus Scheme relief for sporting rights.

Question reference: S6W-43241

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) natural capital and (b) environment assessments it has conducted relating to the ending of the Small Business Bonus Scheme relief for sporting rights for (i) shootings (ii) deer forests.

Question reference: S6W-43219

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what legal advice it has received on the legal status of the sheep of St Kilda, including whether they are considered wild animals, livestock, or fall within any other legal classification, and what implications this advice has for their ownership, management and welfare.

Question reference: S6W-43238

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what impact assessment it has carried out regarding the ending of the Small Business Bonus Scheme relief for sporting rights on (a) shootings and (b) deer forests.