- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, how much funding has been awarded through the (a) Regeneration Capital Grant Fund and (b) Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme in the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The funding awarded through the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP) over the last five years, from 2019-20 to 2023-24 by local authority area, is detailed in the following table. This table excludes projects that were subsequently withdrawn by local authorities.
Local Authority Area | RCGF grant awarded £ | VDLIP grant awarded £ |
Aberdeen City | 5,308,965 | 0 |
Aberdeenshire | 4,768,313 | 0 |
Angus | 2,560,000 | 0 |
Argyll and Bute | 5,395,313 | 0 |
City of Edinburgh | 8,686,186 | 2,467,784 |
Clackmannanshire | 640,000 | 500,000 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 9,714,812 | 0 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 9,749,488 | 0 |
Dundee City | 1,652,708 | 0 |
East Ayrshire | 5,613,101 | 0 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2,050,000 | 1,676,000 |
East Lothian | 1,184,266 | 0 |
East Renfrewshire | 699,000 | 1,084,661 |
Falkirk | 0 | 582,808 |
Fife | 2,225,000 | 491,582 |
Glasgow City | 32,802,584 | 8,784,088 |
Highland | 7,706,568 | 2,550,000 |
Inverclyde | 5,163,933 | 990,000 |
Midlothian | 0 | 3,667,000 |
Moray | 270,200 | 0 |
North Ayrshire | 4,881,478 | 1,000,000 |
North Lanarkshire | 6,446,270 | 350,911 |
Orkney Islands | 1,135,460 | 0 |
Perth and Kinross | 3,130,000 | 93,808 |
Renfrewshire | 1,814,000 | 0 |
Scottish Borders | 1,588,110 | 0 |
Shetland Islands | 1,770,000 | 0 |
South Ayrshire | 3,106,713 | 0 |
South Lanarkshire | 10,574,384 | 1,244,150 |
Stirling | 1,599,100 | 0 |
West Dunbartonshire | 747,000 | 1,350,000 |
West Lothian | 1,400,000 | 0 |
TOTAL | 144,382,952 | 26,832,792 |
*Note: For those projects that cover two local authority areas the grant award has been apportioned.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, which existing projects will receive a share of the £23 million earmarked for existing commitments, and how much each project will receive.
Answer
There are a total of 30 current projects supported by regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and 15 current projects supported by Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP) being delivered over the course of 2023/24 and 2024/25 with grant expenditure anticipated in these two financial years.
Due to the nature of the delivery of capital projects grant profiles can change depending on the progress of the project and we continually work with local authorities to monitor draw down requirements. Final year end grant claims will continue to be submitted over the course of March and early April. This means we cannot confirm the final grant profile for 2024-25 at this time. However information on the current projects supported and the total grant awarded are provided in the following tables:
Regeneration Capital Grant Fund project name | Total grant awarded £ | Grant remaining as of 13 March 2024 £ |
Possilpark Community and Family Centre | 1,792,445 | 110,000 |
The Staffin Slipway Redevelopment | 1,069,000 | 532,562 |
Victoria Road School Community Element | 1,408,965 | 1,016,590 |
Twechar Outdoor Pursuits Training and Education Centre | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
Prestongrange Phase 1 | 1,184,266 | 348,345 |
Old Clyne School Redevelopment into new Heritage Centre | 1,432,793 | 1,432,793 |
Ionad Hiort/St Kilda Centre | 950,000 | 950,000 |
The Flax Mill at Silverburn Park, Leven | 1,750,000 | 1,670,115 |
Ardrossan Promenade | 788,000 | 25,000 |
Braidhurst Industrial Estate | 1,900,000 | 920,000 |
Inchgarth Community Regeneration Hub | 1,900,000 | 1,900,000 |
Shawfield GRID Campus(Glasgow City and South Lanarkshire Councils) | 3,350,000 | 3,350,000 |
Calanais 2025 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Loch Carnan | 150,000 | 7,040 |
Lockerbie Old School Wellbeing and Enterprise Centre | 2,849,000 | 2,849,000 |
Take A Bow Opportunity Centre | 1,341,615 | 1,341,615 |
New Cumnock Re-use Hub | 2,030,000 | 2,030,000 |
Campsie Memorial Hall Revitalisation Project | 950,000 | 950,000 |
Refiring The Pipe Factory | 1,965,354 | 1,965,354 |
Knoydart Bunkhouse | 560,000 | 560,000 |
Gro For You - Community Innovation Campus - Tain | 450,000 | 450,000 |
John O’Groats Mill: A Power for the Community | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
Lossiemouth Community Hub | 270,200 | 270,200 |
Motherwell Football Club Community Trust - The Well Hub | 215,000 | 30,771 |
Maybole New Stables Lane Scheme | 999,807 | 979,807 |
Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Development Trust - Primary School Redevelopment | 197,633 | 197,633. |
Larkhall Business Micro Hub | 300,000 | 300,000 |
Carluke High Mill Phase 1 | 1,199,38 | 1,055,592 |
Carnwath Community and Business Enterprise Hub | 275,000 | 275,000 |
Scottish Co-operative Discovery and Activity Centre | 1,400,000 | 1,140,101 |
Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme project name | Total grant awarded £ | Grant remaining as of 13 March 2024 £ |
Granton Gasholder | 1,224,410 | 125,607 |
Clacks Community – Growing a new Future | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Shawfield Phase 2 - Remediation | 200,000 | 200,000 |
Ravenscraig Skills Hub | 491,582 | 491,582 |
Ruchazie Greening and Growing project | 670,000 | 485,000 |
Cadder Woods Community Greenspace | 772,700 | 772,700 |
Community Net Zero Hub | 182,275 | 121,562 |
Govan Graving Docks | 2,368,794 | 2,368,794 |
Greening Royston | 797,121 | 797,121 |
North Maryhill TRA Green Infrastructure | 1,450,000 | 1,450,000 |
Longman Park | 2,150,000 | 1,300,000 |
All Through Community Learning Campus Shawfair | 3,667,000 | 3,667,000 |
The King’s Arms Irvine | 600,000 | 600,000 |
Millhaugh - Phase 1 | 93,808 | 15,807 |
Residential development at Pappert Bonhill | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 |
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, what criteria will be used in the forthcoming round of Regeneration Capital Grant funding.
Answer
Ministers are considering the implications and options for delivery of the regeneration budget in 2024-2025 and we have yet to make decisions on a future application round for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the culture secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding what cultural events and activities it has planned to mark the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2024
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what engagement it has had with the operators at Mossmorran on future plans to reduce emissions.
Answer
As a responsible government, we meet periodically with large industrial operators, such as those at Mossmorran, to discuss operational as well as forward looking matters focused on sustainability and decarbonisation.
To date we have had conversations with both Exxon Mobil and Shell about their participation in the Acorn Project and as part of the wider Scottish cluster, which they see as a key project to unlocking significant carbon reductions across the site.
Later this month I will be visiting the Mossmorran site to hear more about these decarbonisation plans.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the next round of Regeneration Capital Grant funding will open to applications, and how much funding will be made available.
Answer
Funding to support place-based regeneration programmes has been set at £45.8 million for 2024-2025, of which £23 million is required to meet contractual commitments for existing Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP) projects.
Ministers are considering options for distribution of the remaining regeneration capital budget allocation for 2024-2025 and we will clarify how this will be allocated in due course.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the improvement plan for the Fife Circle railway line.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2024
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) turned down requests from the professor of criminology, Joe Phoenix, to participate in its policy review on the management of transgender people in custody on three occasions, whether the SPS did turn down such requests, and, if so, for what reason.
Answer
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
Protecting the health, safety, and wellbeing of all people in Scotland’s prisons is at the heart of SPS’ newly published Policy for the Management of Transgender People in Custody (2023).
The SPS engaged with approximately 400 people during the review of the SPS Gender Identity and Gender Reassignment Policy (2014), and the SPS has no record of any communication from Professor Jo Phoenix during this period.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has made available to Fife Council from the Ukraine Longer Term Resettlement Fund.
Answer
The Ukraine Longer-Term Resettlement Fund (ULTRF) has so far brought 1238 homes back into use spanning 19 projects with a total investment of over £25 million. Fife Council have not applied to the Fund and therefore no funding has been made available to them through this route.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mark the 40th anniversary of the miners' strike in Scotland.
Answer
The Miners' Strike of 1984-85 is considered to be the most bitter industrial dispute in living memory. The Scottish Government recognises that the impact of the strike still runs deep in Scotland's former mining heartlands. Scotland is at the forefront across the UK in recognising the need to provide reconciliation, dignity and comfort to those communities still affected. That is why the Scottish Government brought forward legislation to provide a symbolic pardon to miners and other participants in the strike in relation to various offences committed during the dispute. We also continue to call on the UK Government to undertake a full UK-wide public inquiry into the strike.
The Scottish Government is therefore considering how best to raise the profile of the strike and its legacy in former mining communities, as the 40th anniversary of the dispute approaches.
