Current status: Answered by Jim Mather on 17 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance has been provided to develop facilities for leisure boating in each of the last nine years.
Financial assistance to develop the boating and sailing industry in Scotland has been provided by a range of organisations including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), local authorities and sportscotland. Infrastructure support for the sailing industry by HIE over the last nine years is just over £0.5 million. HIE financial assistance for facilities for leisure boating for the last nine years is nearly £3 million. Scottish Enterprise assistance to the marine leisure industry over the last nine years is just over £1.3 million. Exact figures for sportscotland and local authority support are not held centrally.