How many halls have received grant aid from the Local Capital Grants Scheme in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Answered Asked by Nanette Milne Con Lodged 10 Dec 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many halls have received grant aid from the Local Capital Grants Scheme in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

The answer

Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 Jan 2009 · 29 days after it was lodged, on time

The Local Capital Grants Scheme (LCGS) was one element of the Scottish Rural Partnership Fund (SRPF). The Scheme closed to new applications in 2005. Details of the final round of SRPF, including £1.5 million for LCGS, can be viewed at the Scottish Government website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Rural/rural-policy/16780/6512/Q/ViewArchived/On Previous years'' awards were announced but it is not now readily possible to provide the breakdown requested. However, funding of around £1 million per year was committed, for a wide range of community facilities across Scotland, for the duration of the scheme.
Currently funding for community facilities and services including village halls “ up to £30 million over seven years
- is available through the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2007-13. Additional funding can also be accessed via the LEADER component of that programme.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-18748 by reference.