Question reference: S6W-11246
- Date lodged: 4 October 2022
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 October 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been provided to coastal local authorities for coastal change adaptation in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24, following the announcement in the Programme for Government 2020-21 that £12 million would be invested to help these areas adapt to the threat of sea level rise, broken down by local authority.
Answer
We announced the new capital budget of £11.7 million for coastal change adaptation in the 2020 Programme for Government. Scottish Ministers and COSLA agreed a methodology to distribute the new budget for the first two years to coastal local authorities based on evidence from Dynamic Coast which identifies assets most at risk from erosion ( https://www.dynamiccoast.com/ ). The budget covers the four-year period from 2022-23 until 2025-26, split as follows:
2022-23 - £1.6 million
2023-24 - £2.6 million
2024-25 - £2.7 million
2025-26 - £5.0 million
Total - £11.7 million
The distribution for 2022-23 and intended distribution for 2023-24 are as follows:
Council | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Argyll & Bute | £160,000 | |
Dumfries & Galloway | £160,000 | |
East Lothian | £160,000 | |
Fife | £160,000 | |
Highland | £160,000 | |
Moray | £160,000 | |
North Ayrshire | £160,000 | |
Orkney Islands | £160,000 | |
Shetland Islands | £160,000 | |
South Ayrshire | £160,000 | |
Aberdeen City | £150,000 | |
Aberdeenshire | £150,000 | |
Angus | £150,000 | |
City of Edinburgh | £150,000 | |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £150,000 | |
Dundee City | £150,000 | |
Falkirk | £150,000 | |
Inverclyde | £150,000 | |
Scottish Borders | £150,000 | |
Clackmannan | £100,000 | |
Perth & Kinross | £100,000 | |
Renfrewshire | £100,000 | |
West Dunbartonshire | £100,000 | |
West Lothian | £100,000 | |
Case studies – to be allocated | £550,000 | |
Total | £1.6 million | £2.4 million |
Local authorities were informed by letter of their allocation in February and they will receive the funds in their general capital grant settlement.
We continue to work with councils and COSLA to agree a distribution methodology for the £550,000 unallocated from the 2023-24 budget as well as the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.