Chamber and committees

Question reference: S1W-00713

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: 27 July 1999
Current status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 18 August 1999

Question

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the amount of public money made available for capital expenditure to each of the airports in Scotland for each financial year since 1994/1995.

Answer

The amount of money made available by The Scottish Office for capital expenditure at airports in Scotland since 1994-95 is as follows:£000's

	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99
Barra	49	64	280	122	-
Benbecula	9	10	37	126	-
Campbeltown	-	575	47	130	37
Inverness	3103	1393	40	95	458
Islay	341	63	13	91	36
Kirkwall	100	90	58	724	47
Stornoway	32	53	98	119	69
Sumburgh	265	683	136	299	8
Tiree	522	77	10	54	22
Wick	97	43	31	30	18

Consents under section 94 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 in respect of capital expenditure at local authority airports since 1994-95 are as follows:£000's

	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99
Dundee	199	781	1147	436	553
Orkney	-	-	-	-	250

The following amounts have been allocated to Prestwick Airport from public funds since 1994-95:£000's

	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99
Enterprise Ayrshire	293	195	68	30	937
Regional Selective Assistance	240	-	-	-	-

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