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Written Question · S5W-33071 · Session 5

 which flooding defence schemes/projects (a) have and (b) have not been awarded funding in each year since 2007.

Answered Asked by Miles Briggs Con Lodged 5 Nov 2020

The question

To ask the Scottish Government which flooding defence schemes/projects (a) have and (b) have not been awarded funding in each year since 2007.

The answer

Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 Nov 2020 · 7 days after it was lodged, on time

Prior to 2008-09 the grant for flood protection was allocated to approved projects on a project-by-project basis and paid to local authorities as those projects progressed. From 2008-09 a number of ring-fenced grants, including the Flood Prevention and Coast Protection grant, were rolled up into a single General Capital Grant. However, the following flood protection schemes continued to receive funding as the Scottish Government had approved them prior to 2008.
Scheme
Local authority
Kilbride Rd, Dunoon
Argyll & Bute Council
Braid Burn
City of Edinburgh Council
Water of Leith
City of Edinburgh Council
Bo’ness
Falkirk Council
Dunfermline
Fife Council
White Cart Reservoirs
Glasgow City Council
White Cart Urban Corridor
Glasgow City Council
S W Inverness
The Highland Council
Forres Burn of Mosset
Moray Council
Rothes
Moray Council
Elgin
Moray Council
Saltcoats
North Ayrshire Council
North Renfrew
Renfrewshire Council
Larkhall
South Lanarkshire Council
Knowle Burn
West Dunbartonshire Council
Broxburn
West Lothian Council
In 2012 an arrangement was agreed between Scottish Government and COSLA whereby the flooding component of the General Capital Grant would be distributed to major projects according to an agreed set of eligibility criteria.
In 2012 it was decided that the following schemes would be eligible for funding.
Scheme
Local authority
Forres (River Findhorn and Pilmuir)
Moray Council
River Ness
The Highland Council
Galashiels
Scottish Borders Council
In 2014 it was decided that the following schemes would be eligible for funding.
Scheme
Local authority
Selkirk
Scottish Borders Council
Brechin
Angus Council
Almondbank
Perth and Kinross Council
Greenock A
Inverclyde Council
In July 2016 it was agreed by Scottish Ministers and COSLA that from 2016/17 there would be a change in the distribution of funding for flooding. 80% of the available flooding capital grant would be allocated to large-scale projects and distributed according to the prioritisation of flooding schemes and works set out in the 14 Flood Risk Management Strategies which were published by SEPA in December 2015. The remaining 20% is allocated to all 32 councils.
In 2016 it was decided the following schemes, set out in the Strategies, are eligible for funding under the prioritisation described above.
Scheme
Local Authority
Grangemouth FPS
Falkirk Council
Broughty Ferry
Dundee City Council
Inverclyde FPS
- Glenmosston Burn
Inverclyde Council
Inverclyde FPS
- Coves Burn
Inverclyde Council
Dundee
Dundee City Council
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands Council
Comrie
Perth & Kinross Council
Kinness Burn
Fife Council
Inverclyde FPS
- Bouverie Burn
Inverclyde Council
Millport Coastal
North Ayrshire Council
Musselburgh
East Lothian Council
Upper Garnock FPS
North Ayrshire Council
Park Burn
East Dunbartonshire Council
South Fords
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Campbeltown
Argyll & Bute Council
Hawick
Scottish Borders Council
Arbroath
Angus Council
Dumfries/ River Nith/ Whitesands FPS
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Milnathort
Perth & Kinross Council
Smithton and Culloden
The Highland Council
Stranraer work item 4 &6
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Caol and Lochyside
The Highland Council
Langholm
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Newton Stewart/ River Cree
Dumfries & Galloway Council
White Cart Water Phase 3
Glasgow City Council
New Cumnock
East Ayrshire Council
South Kinross
Perth & Kinross Council
Gruggies Burn
West Dunbartonshire Council
Mill Burn Millport
North Ayrshire Council
Drumnadrochit
Highland Council
Stonehaven
Aberdeenshire Council
Huntly
Aberdeenshire Council
Scone
Perth & Kinross Council
Bridge of Allan
Stirling Council
Haddington
East Lothian Council
Newmill
Moray Council
Camlachie Burn
Glasgow City Council
Stirling
Stirling Council
Quarrier’s Village
Inverclyde Council
Callander
Stirling Council
The tables above for 2012, 2014 and 2016 indicate the

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