Question reference: S6W-27642
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 16 May 2024
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 June 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what data it has on the (a) uptake and (b) outcomes of support from the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme in each year of its operation.
Answer
The following table shows the level of Mode Shift Revenue Support grants awarded by the Scottish Government since the introduction of the scheme plus details of the committed traffic.
Year | MSRS - Grants Awarded | Containers Moved by Rail or Water |
2010-2011 | £753,751 | 121,100 |
2011-2012 | £739,280 | 115,740 |
2012-2013 | £759,801 | 114,930 |
2013-2014 | £751,575 | 121,280 |
2014-2015 | £727,327 | 132,453 |
2015-2016 | £636,899 | 103,148 |
2016-2017 | £638,157 | 122,565 |
2017-2018 | £688,480 | 129,537 |
2018-2019 | £776,484 | 140,441 |
2019-2020 | £597,714 | 124,143 |
2020-2021 | £574,903 | 151,224 |
2021-2022 | £477,423 | 85,099 |
2022-2023 | £539,853 | 129,872 |
The Scottish Government has a range of annualised data on the uptake and outcome of the Mode Shift Revenue Support Scheme including the value of Grants Awarded and the number of containers moved by rail or water. In total, between 2010-11 and 2022-23, £8,661,647 of awards were made leading to 1,591,532 containers moved by rail or water.