What action it has taken to support the Flood Risk Management Plan for Orkney.

The Scottish Government undertakes a range of actions to support the Flood Risk Management Plan for Orkney and help meet the objectives set out within it. These include ensuring that national polices and guidance are in place to help reduce and avoid flooding.
The Scottish Government provides capital and revenue funding to local authorities to fulfil their flood risk management functions. Local authorities receive £42 million annually through the Local Government Capital Settlement. This agreed funding enables local authorities to invest in measures to reduce flood risk set out in Local Flood Risk Management Plans. For example, the Kirkwall Flood Protection Scheme, launched in 2018 and protecting around 750 properties, received 80% of its costs from the Scottish Government.
The Scottish Government provides funding to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to support its role as Scotland’s national flood forecasting, flood warning and strategic flood risk management authority. This funding helped deliver the Orkney Flood Warning Scheme in September 2018.
Funding is also provided to the Scottish Flood Forum to provide advice and support to individuals, communities and businesses at risk of flooding.
Progress on the actions and objectives in each Local Flood Risk Management Plan is set out in interim and final reports which must be produced by the 14 Lead Local Authorities by June 2019 and June 2022, respectively.