Question reference: S1W-00702
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 26 July 1999
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Current status: Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 9 August 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial provisions have been agreed with Highlands and Islands Enterprise to provide future support to the proposed Cairn Gorm funicular railway in the event that it attracts insufficient visitors to be profitable.
Answer
No financial provisions have been agreed with Highlands and Islands Enterprise to provide future support to the proposed Cairngorm Funicular Railway. The Secretary of State gave approval to Highlands and Islands Enterprise's proposal to support the Cairngorm Funicular Railway project in 1997, subject to three conditions. One of these conditions was that there should be no further financial contribution to the project from the Secretary of State (ie the Scottish Executive, after devolution), whether through HIE or otherwise.