Written Question · S3W-18056 · Session 3
What its response is to concerns among individuals in the agricultural sector who have crofting interests but are not registered crofters a…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to concerns among individuals in the agricultural sector who have crofting interests but are not registered crofters and have received or receive support under the Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants Scheme (CCAGS) that they will be disadvantaged in future if the CCAGS is available only to registered crofters.
The answer
In the light of the Committee of Inquiry on Crofting''s recommendations, the Scottish Government announced on 1 October 2008 that it would take forward proposals to re-orient support under CCAGS towards registered crofters whilst extending the scheme to the whole of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise Area and providing a 10% uplift in support to new entrants to crofting. The aim of the policy is to maintain and increase the amount of land held in crofting tenure, and to assist young people and new entrants into crofting.
Any non-crofter who wishes to continue to benefit from specific crofting support measures may wish to investigate the various avenues available for the conversion of their land to crofting tenure, thereby bringing that land within the scope of crofting regulation.
Other wide-ranging support measures under the Scotland Rural Development Programme are available to those who are not registered crofters.
Any non-crofter who wishes to continue to benefit from specific crofting support measures may wish to investigate the various avenues available for the conversion of their land to crofting tenure, thereby bringing that land within the scope of crofting regulation.
Other wide-ranging support measures under the Scotland Rural Development Programme are available to those who are not registered crofters.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-18056 by reference.