Independent research in 2004found that the Rural Petrol Stations Grants Scheme was a successful scheme that had providedsubstantial social, economic and environmental benefits to many ruralcommunities in Scotland. The research also found that the scheme wasresponsible for almost all rural LPG provision in Scotland.Although the 2005-06 budget forthe scheme was £400,000, actual spend amounted to almost £483,000, with theexcess being funded from underspends elsewhere in the Transport budget.