To ask the Scottish Executive which projects have received funding from EventScotland and how much funding each such project has received. The following events have received funding from EventScotland through its international events programme: Event Funding Committed Glasgow International Piping Festival 2004 £40,000 Under 21 Rugby World Championship 2004 £100,000 Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup 2004 £50,000 Burns An’ A’ That Festival 2004 £100,000 Badminton World Team Championship 2007 bid £4,694 Balmoral Road Race 2004 £35,000 Triptych Music Festival 2004 £2,000 European Brass Band Championships 2004 £10,000 Edinburgh’s Hogmanay: Night Afore International 2003 £40,000 Senior Mens European Volleyball Championships 2003 £5,875 European Cross Country Championships 2003 £20,526 Climbing World Cup 2003 £25,000 MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 £125,000 Tiree Wave Classic 2003 £29,375 Mount Stuart Motorsport Classic 2003 £20,000 Loch Lomond Great Adventure Race 2003 £17,625 Scottish Senior Golf Open 2003 £52,327 (in total) British Senior Golf Open 2003 Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup 2003 £30,000 International Festival of the Sea 2003 £100,000 Balmoral Road Race 2003 £41,125 Highland Year of Culture 2007 (recurring commitment from 2003–07) £40,000 per annum Burns An’ A’ That Festival 2003 £100,000 EventScotland will provide funding to the following eventsthrough its international events programme: Event Funding Committed Heineken Cup Final 2005 £50,000 Badminton World Team Championship 2007 £220,000 EventScotland will provide funding to the following events through its regional events programme: Event Funding Committed Edinbane Festival, Skye £2,000 Museum of Flight Airshow, East Lothian £25,000 Big in Falkirk £25,000 The Enchanted Forrest, Dunkeld £24,282.50 Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials & Country Fair, Blair Atholl £25,000 Winter Words Festival, Pitlochry £15,000 Drovers’ Tryst Walking Festival, Crieff & Strathearn £3,800 St Andrew’s Week Festival £18,000 British Touring Cars Championship, Knockhill, Fife £10,000 Wickerman Festival, Kircudbright, Dumfries and Galloway £15,000 Highland Festival, Inverness £5,000 Highland Feast, Inverness £15,000 Dundee Flower and Food Festival £11,000 Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, Aberdeenshire £8,500 Palace of Magic, Falkland, Fife £2,500 Scotland’s Countryside Festival, Forfar, Angus £2,500 EventScotland will provide funding to the following research projects: Project Funding Committed Developing a Scotland-wide clash diary £8,000 Contribution towards economic impact research of Edinburgh festivals £5,875 These funding commitments reflect EventScotland’s position on 30 June, 2004.