Question reference: S5W-34907
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 3 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide information about how Regional Land Use Partnerships will be funded; whether that funding will be sourced from the agricultural budget, and what its reasons are for its position on the matter.
Answer
We announced five Regional Land Use Partnership pilot regions on 5 February. The Scottish Government will work with the pilots to develop Scotland’s approach to land use in support of our transition to net-zero by testing practicalities around governance, local engagement, and working across regional boundaries. The initial focus of the pilots will be collaborative regional land use decision-making. They will not be directing any funding for land use change projects this year. It is the intention to use Environment Climate Change and Land Reform portfolio programme funding to facilitate pilot establishment and local engagement in 2021.