Question reference: S6W-09126
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 16 June 2022
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 June 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding each (a) local authority and (b) National Park will receive from its Edinburgh Process Fund.
Answer
Under the Edinburgh Process strand of the Nature Restoration Fund, Local Authorities have been allocated a share of £5 Million for 2022-23, using a formula based on the area of urban greenspace and local nature reserves, as set out in the following table:
Local Authority | Rounded Allocation (£m) |
Aberdeen City | 0.135 |
Aberdeenshire | 0.213 |
Angus | 0.150 |
Argyll & Bute | 0.238 |
Clackmannanshire | 0.091 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 0.257 |
Dundee City | 0.086 |
East Ayrshire | 0.102 |
East Dunbartonshire | 0.132 |
East Lothian | 0.110 |
East Renfrewshire | 0.061 |
Edinburgh, City of | 0.161 |
Eilean Siar | 0.124 |
Falkirk | 0.179 |
Fife | 0.378 |
Glasgow City | 0.132 |
Highland | 0.328 |
Inverclyde | 0.160 |
Midlothian | 0.103 |
Moray | 0.124 |
North Ayrshire | 0.190 |
North Lanarkshire | 0.274 |
Orkney | 0.054 |
Perth & Kinross | 0.176 |
Renfrewshire | 0.102 |
Scottish Borders | 0.161 |
Shetland | 0.079 |
South Ayrshire | 0.096 |
South Lanarkshire | 0.188 |
Stirling | 0.114 |
West Dunbartonshire | 0.126 |
West Lothian | 0.176 |
TOTAL | 5.000 |
The two National Park authorities have each been allocated £0.25 Million.
The remaining £1 million has been made available on a competitive basis for Local Authorities who are planning to undertake a single large project which cannot be funded through their allocation. Applications for this competitive element can be made to NatureScot and are open until the end of June 2022.