Question reference: S6W-12387
- Date lodged: 22 November 2022
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 November 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Deputy First Minister has any plans to attend a follow-up meeting with the community representatives he met whilst visiting Annan on 3 November 2021, following flood and storm damage in the town.
Answer
I have no current plans to do so but I wrote to Councillor Archie Dryburgh of Dumfries and Galloway Council on 20 October 2022. In that letter I confirmed that the Scottish Government would honour the commitment I made during my visit on 3 November 2021 to provide financial support to the Council. I set out that the Scottish Government will provide £33,000 of revenue funding and £25,000 of capital support, which represents half of the Council’s additional expenditure, in relation to the recovery and replacement of the two footbridges.