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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-39883

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 1 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the total value was of all successful applications to the Town Centre Capital Fund in 2024-25, broken down by eligible town.

Question reference: S6W-39890

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 1 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding its Community and Renewable Energy Scheme has provided to support the repair of community-owned wind turbines in each year since 2021.

The Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) scheme has, on occasion, provided ad hoc support to communities looking to repair small scale wind turbines. Currently, CARES supports renewable energy generation projects through its Community Energy Generation Growth Fund. While support is focussed on the development of new projects, repairs can be considered as part of a wider project on a case-by-case basis.

Since 2021, CARES has offered a total of £63,772 in funding to support the repair of community-owned wind turbines. £24,000 was offered in 2021 and £39,772 has been offered in 2025.

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: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 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.

The numbers of entrants to first degree pre-clinical medicine courses, by university, have been provided in the following table.

The tables only cover those entering ‘pre-clinical medicine’ and do not include other students entering medical schools on ‘clinical medicine’ or students in continuing years of study.

First degree entrants to pre-clinical medicine at Scottish Providers

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
The University of Aberdeen	215	220	280	300
The University of Dundee	185	185	195	230
The University of Edinburgh	235	255	285	275
The University of Glasgow	335	325	295	335
The University of St Andrews	175	250	190	190
Total	1,145	1,230	1,240	1,335

Source: HESA student data

Pre-clinical medicine as defined by HECOS subject classification '100276'

Entrants covers new students only

Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5

Includes all domiciles of entrants

Question reference: S6W-39907

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Scotland have registered a donation decision with the NHS Organ Donor Register in each year since 2021.

The Scottish Government is committed to increasing organ and tissue donation and transplantation to enable more people who desperately need a transplant to access one. The UK-wide Organ Donor Register (ODR) was established in 1994 and is run by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). As of 1 August 2025, NHSBT reports that there were 3,156,442 people residing in Scotland who have registered their decision on the ODR. The numbers of people in Scotland who have registered in each year since 2021 are as follows:

NHS Organ Donor Registrations
2021	155,479
2022	19,499
2023	10,139
2024	7,859

Question reference: S6W-39893

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31416 by Neil Gray on 28 November 2024, whether it will provide an update on the number of Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) students that graduated in summer (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

Question reference: S6W-39820

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 August 2025

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

Question reference: S6W-39818

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14450 by Angus Robertson on 9 February 2023, how many (a) prints and (b) artworks have been donated to ministers in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-40089

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much the Scottish Land Commission has spent on diversity, equality and inclusion (a) officers and (b) training in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6O-04871

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how growth deals are growing the economy of the Highlands and Islands region.

Question reference: S6W-40090

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 27 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £15 million funding for general practice that it announced on 21 August 2025 will support general practice in the Highlands and Islands region.

The £15 million funding for general practice announced by the Scottish Government on 21 August 2025 will be allocated to territorial health boards as outlined in the following table.

NHS Board	Additional funding (£m)
Ayrshire & Arran	1.0
Borders	0.3
Dumfries & Galloway	0.4
Fife	1.0
Forth Valley	0.8
Grampian	1.5
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	3.3
Highland	1.1
Lanarkshire	1.8
Lothian	2.4
Orkney	0.1
Shetland	0.1
Tayside	1.1
Western Isles	0.1

Total	15