Written Question · S2W-26412 · Session 2
Whether it will provide details of each of the projects that have been supported under the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of each of the projects that have been supported under the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy; how much exchequer funding is being provided for each project; how the remaining funding will be provided; what the timescale is for the completion of each project; whether there have been any cost or timescale changes to the projects since the strategy was announced, and, if so, what these changes are.
The answer
The Executive and sportscotlandwill be contributing £49.5million (£28.8million Exchequer and nearly £21millionfrom the Lottery Sports Fund) to the ten projects approved at Stage One of the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy. As stated in my answer toS2W-26373, the allocation to each project will be confirmed on approval of therelated Stage Two application, the first of which is nearing approval.
Thethree main reasons for changes in timescale can be summarised as:
1.By virtue of their size, there are planning complexities which take time towork through (local consultation, traffic impact assessments etc).
2.Again, given the scale of these projects, the procurement process, includingadvertising through OJEU for design teams and contractors, adds time to theproject programme. This is difficult to estimate at the outset and it is onlyafter these projects are developed beyond the initial concept that it ispossible to make a realistic estimate of completion dates.
3.£50 million is a substantial contribution to the Strategy but the projects willcost some £230 million in total and it takes time for the local authorities, insome cases working with partners, to put together full funding packages.
Thefollowing table sets out the information requested
Lead Applicant
Project
| Exchequer and Lottery Sports Fund Allocation*
| Estimated Date of Completion
At Stage One
| As at 31 May 2006
| At Stage One
| As at 31 May 2006
Falkirk Council
Westfield Stadium: Regional indoor football facility.
| £3,000,000
| £3,000,000
| March 2007
| April 2008
Stirling Council
Forthbank: Curling academy and sports hall (and Swimming pool and hockey pitch.)
| £2,000,000 (+£500,000 BFSP1)
| £2,000,000 (+£500,000 BFSP1)
| October 2007
| April 2008
City of Edinburgh Council
Sighthill Park: Municipal stadium (6k seats), synthetic grass pitch, 2 grass pitches, indoor athletics training facility and sports hall (and Gymnastics facility).
| £6,500,000 (+£500,000 BFSP1)
| £6,500,000
(+£500,000 BFSP1)
| May 2009
| June 2011
Hunters Hall: Indoor football facility and outdoor pitches2.
| £6,000,000
| £3,000,0002
| May 2009
| March 2009
Thethree main reasons for changes in timescale can be summarised as:
1.By virtue of their size, there are planning complexities which take time towork through (local consultation, traffic impact assessments etc).
2.Again, given the scale of these projects, the procurement process, includingadvertising through OJEU for design teams and contractors, adds time to theproject programme. This is difficult to estimate at the outset and it is onlyafter these projects are developed beyond the initial concept that it ispossible to make a realistic estimate of completion dates.
3.£50 million is a substantial contribution to the Strategy but the projects willcost some £230 million in total and it takes time for the local authorities, insome cases working with partners, to put together full funding packages.
Thefollowing table sets out the information requested
Lead Applicant
Project
| Exchequer and Lottery Sports Fund Allocation*
| Estimated Date of Completion
At Stage One
| As at 31 May 2006
| At Stage One
| As at 31 May 2006
Falkirk Council
Westfield Stadium: Regional indoor football facility.
| £3,000,000
| £3,000,000
| March 2007
| April 2008
Stirling Council
Forthbank: Curling academy and sports hall (and Swimming pool and hockey pitch.)
| £2,000,000 (+£500,000 BFSP1)
| £2,000,000 (+£500,000 BFSP1)
| October 2007
| April 2008
City of Edinburgh Council
Sighthill Park: Municipal stadium (6k seats), synthetic grass pitch, 2 grass pitches, indoor athletics training facility and sports hall (and Gymnastics facility).
| £6,500,000 (+£500,000 BFSP1)
| £6,500,000
(+£500,000 BFSP1)
| May 2009
| June 2011
Hunters Hall: Indoor football facility and outdoor pitches2.
| £6,000,000
| £3,000,0002
| May 2009
| March 2009
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-26412 by reference.