Current status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 28 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many play parks have been upgraded in each local authority area in each year since 2021.
The Scottish Government is investing £60 million to renew play parks in Scotland, so children have access to free, high-quality outdoor play in their own communities. Since funding began in 2021, a total of 887 play parks have been renewed or are in the process of being renewed by local authority partners, up to April 2024. Local authority partners will be reporting on progress in 2024-25 in April 2025. Local authority partners have confirmed that all funding provided to date is allocated to the current and future renewal of play parks that have been identified by the local authority in need of improvement.
Local Authority | Play parks renewed in 2021-22 | Play parks renewed in 2022-23 | Play parks renewed in 2023-24 |
Aberdeen City | 11 | 46 | 28 |
Aberdeenshire Council | 15 | 13 | 20 |
Angus Council | 6 | 3 | 8 |
Argyll and Bute Council | 0 | 0 | 0 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 14 | 16 | 22 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 0 | 28 | 18 |
Dundee City Council | 0 | 4 | 18 |
East Ayrshire Council | 12 | 40 | 57 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 1 | 3 | 8 |
East Lothian Council | 1 | 1 | 24 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Falkirk Council | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Fife Council | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Glasgow City Council | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Highland Council | 0 | 38 | 16 |
Inverclyde Council | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Midlothian Council | 2 | 18 | 14 |
Moray Council | 1 | 6 | 6 |
North Ayrshire Council | 0 | 29 | 19 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 7 | 4 | 12 |
Orkney Islands Council | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 3 | 10 | 21 |
Renfrewshire Council | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Scottish Borders Council | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Shetland Islands | 0 | 1 | 4 |
South Ayrshire Council | 6 | 4 | 4 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Stirling Council | 9 | 6 | 8 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 5 | 5 | 9 |
West Lothian | 42 | 6 | 22 |