To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it allocated to the Rural Petrol Station Grant Scheme in each year since 1999 and how much it will allocate to this scheme in each of the next three years. £400,000 has been allocatedto the Rural Petrol Stations Grant Scheme each year since 1998-99, except1999-2000 when the allocation was increased to £700,000 as a result ofadditional funding made available for rural transport measures in the 1999 budget.Funding over the next three years (2003-04 to 2005-06) is budgeted to remain at£400,000 per year.