Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S5W-25804 · Session 5

Further to the answer to question S5W-25088 by Michael Matheson on 17 September 2019, whether it will provide a breakdown of the £30 millio…

Answered Asked by Finlay Carson Con Lodged 10 Oct 2019

The question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25088 by Michael Matheson on 17 September 2019, whether it will provide a breakdown of the £30 million in grants given to local authorities.

The answer

Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 Oct 2019 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table provides a breakdown of grant funding awarded to all 32 Local Authorities from financial year 2012-13 to 2019-20 (inclusive) for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. This includes £12.1 million awarded to 5 Local Authorities (City of Edinburgh Council, Dundee City Council, Falkirk Council, Glasgow City Council and Stirling Council) through our Switched on Towns and Cities projects which will deliver both charging infrastructure and provide funding for electric vehicles for public sector fleets.
Local Authority
Grants offered
Aberdeen City Council
£ 1,007,500.00
Aberdeenshire Council
£ 1,075,500.00
Angus Council
£ 803,000.00
Argyll & Bute Council
£ 678,000.00
Clackmannanshire Council
£ 481,000.00
Dumfries & Galloway Council
£ 1,084,000.00
Dundee City Council
£ 3,757,597.00
East Ayrshire Council
£ 987,000.00
East Dunbartonshire Council
£ 633,000.00
East Lothian Council
£ 1,192,000.00
East Renfrewshire Council
£ 400,000.00
Edinburgh Council, City of
£ 3,248,447.68
Falkirk Council
£ 3,186,157.00
Fife Council
£ 1,261,000.00
Glasgow City Council
£ 3,963,500.00
Highland Council, The
£ 2,916,000.00
Inverclyde Council
£ 411,000.00
Midlothian Council
£ 472,000.00
Moray Council
£ 556,000.00
North Ayrshire Council
£ 637,500.00
North Lanarkshire Council
£ 629,000.00
Orkney Council
£ 448,000.00
Perth & Kinross Council
£ 1,432,546.67
Renfrewshire Council
£ 1,261,500.00
Scottish Borders Council
£ 824,000.00
Shetland Council
£ 400,500.00
South Ayrshire Council
£ 766,000.00
South Lanarkshire Council
£ 1,007,500.00
Stirling Council
£ 3,370,562.00
West Dunbartonshire Council
£ 458,000.00
West Lothian Council
£ 773,500.00
Western Isles / Eilean Siar Council
£ 441,000.00

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-25804 by reference.