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Written Question · S4W-05087 · Session 4

How much funding has been allocated to developing local community energy schemes on Forestry Commission land in each year since 2007.

Answered Asked by Rhoda Grant Lab Lodged 18 Jan 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to developing local community energy schemes on Forestry Commission land in each year since 2007.

The answer

Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 Jan 2012 · 9 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table lists Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) funding to communities on the national forest estate. The CARES funding was a grant unless stated as a loan.
Project
Amount of Funding since 2007
Callander Development Trust
£9,733
Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust
£8,812
Gleneig and Arnisdale Community Trust
£15,000
Kilfinan
£8,340 + £146,000 Cares Loan
Lochgoilhead
£2,143
Mull and Iona Community Trust
£2,143
Mull and Iona Community Trust
£42,786 + Cares Loan £37,940
North West Mull Community Woodland Company
£26,089
Rumster
£99,777
Tarbert and Skipness
£21,553
Sunart Community
£18,000

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-05087 by reference.