Claimed grant is normally lower than the total grant award as a result of contracts that were not delivered on time due to a range of circumstances including weather conditions during the planting season, succession of land ownership during the contract delivery period and requests for contract variation to subsequent years. 2016-17 (£) 2017-18 (£) 2018-19 (£) 2019-20 (£) 2020-21 (£) Budget Allocation 30,100,00 38,400,000 50,200,000 51,000,000 56,800,000 Total Grant Awards 16,966,155 29,452,969 42,676,099 41,641,415 48,682,877 Total Grant Claims Paid 14,068,691 26,947,746 37,636,711 33,847,123 35,605,384 Table 1: Notes: The figures for 2021-22 will be available when Scottish Forestry publishes their audited Annual Accounts for the year in October. S6W...