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Question reference: S6W-24035

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10494 by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 August 2017, which of the "42 formal Flood Protection Schemes or engineering works proposed for 2016-21" have been completed to date, broken down by (a) the number of properties being protected, (b) completion date and (c) the (i) initially forecast and (ii) final cost of each.

Information has been shared in response to similar questions many times (at least annually) since Roseanna Cunningham answered on 15 August 2017, most recently in response to Willie Rennie MSP on 9 November 2023.

The following formal flood protection schemes are complete.

Scheme	(a) Properties Protected	(b) Completion Date	(c)(i) Initial Cost (£ million) (1)	(c) (ii) Estimated Final Cost (£ million) (2)
Huntly	63	2017	4.9	3.8
Newmill	18	2017	1.9	1.8
Dundee	200	2018	6.2	6.9
Kirkwall	750	2018	1.8	1.8
White Cart Water Phase 3	100	2019	5.9	7.2
Camlachie Burn	410	2019	1.2	1.8
Smithton and Culloden	129	2021	15.2	10
Bouvrie Burn	Not held	2020	0.4	0.4
Broxburn (Liggat Syke) Phase 1	Not held	P1 2019	Not held	Not held
New Cumnock	95	2022	3.3	8.4
Broughty Ferry	450	2022	10	16.3
Drumnadrochit	35	2022	3.4	5.1
Stonehaven	376	2023	19.9	27.5
Arbroath	530	2023	11.4	13.5
Caol and Lochyside	290	2023	8.4	15.2

(1) Note: Initial costs as provided by local authorities in 2016-17.

(2) Note: Final Scheme costs are the latest estimates provided by local authorities. Differences between these latest estimates and initial cost estimates arise because flood protection schemes are put forward for prioritisation at various stages of their development to fit with Flood Risk Management Planning cycle set out in the FRM Act. Costs are revised over time as designs are finalised and more detailed investigations are carried out (e.g. site investigation, utility investigation, hydraulic modelling), and as new information emerges (e.g. new flood mapping, climate projections, new source of risk, landownership challenges). Outcomes from community engagement and changes to price and supply of materials may also require revisions to cost estimates.