Question reference: S6W-18645
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 June 2023
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Current status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 13 June 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to the maintenance of Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage Sites in each year since 2007, broken down by site.
Answer
Scotland’s six UNESCO World Heritage Sites are highly varied in their composition and management. As Historic Environment Scotland is a partner for all six sites, I have asked it to write to the member with the information on Historic Scotland funding from 2007-15, and Historic Environment Scotland funding since 2015 when it was formed.
Exceptionally, there has been some direct funding from the Scottish Government, for example in the light of lost income during the COVID-19 pandemic. The amounts provided from 2015 onwards can be found in the following table.
| World Heritage Site | Year | Maintenance Funding |
| New Lanark | 2020-21 | £2,439,000 |
| 2021-22 | £327,000 | |
| 2022-23 | £435,000 |