Question reference: S6W-10850
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 September 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much money has been allocated to Scottish Canals in each of the last five years.
Answer
Scottish Canals has benefitted from significant increases in grant in aid awards in recent years. Since 2019, the Organisation’s capital grant from the Scottish Government has increased by 87% and it has received an annual uplift in resource funding since 2020. The Organisation has also received substantial additional funding support. A breakdown of the funding is attached in the following table.
Year | Grant allocation | Capital funding | Revenue funding | Additional funding | Total funding |
22-23 | £22.7m | £12.2m | £10.5m | ||
21-22 | £21.9m
| £12.2m
| £9.7m
| £662k (rev) Covid consequential funding. £2.4m in additional funding. (cap) | £14.6m (cap) £10.4m (rev)
£22.6m(total) |
20-21 | £20.7m
| £12.2m
| £8.5m
| £1m (cap) Dredging Caledonian and Crinan. £545k(cap) Weedcutter. £6.5m (cap) Union Canal Breach. £1.1m (rev) Covid funding £2.8m in additional funding. (cap) | £20.2m (cap) £12.4m (rev)
£32.6m (total) |
19-20 | £15m
| £6.5m
| £8.5m
| £262k (rev) Bowling works. | £6.5m (cap) £8.8m (rev)
£15.3m (total) |
18-19 | £11.6m
| £3.5m
| £8.1m
| £1.625m (cap) Twechar, Bonnybridge and Ardrishaig. £5.350m (cap) Cullochy Lock Gates and Fort Augustus. | £10.475m (cap) £8.100m (rev)
£18.575m (total) |