Question reference: S5W-26496
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 22 November 2019
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 December 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) communities and (b) organisations will receive support from round five of the Coastal Communities Fund.
Answer
On 29 September 2019 I announced new funding arrangements for coastal community benefit in Scotland. Coastal local authorities were each allocated a share of the net revenue generated from the Scottish Crown Estate marine assets out to 12 nautical miles in order to deliver coastal community benefit.
The new arrangements have provided a significantly higher level of funding for Scottish coastal communities than the average annual funding available under the Coastal Communities Fund in Scotland. This funding will replace the Coastal Communities Fund in Scotland and, as explained in my announcement of 29 September, there are therefore no plans to run a future round of the Coastal Communities Fund in Scotland.