Question reference: S6W-12983
- Date lodged: 8 December 2022 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 December 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many communities (a) each year and (b) in the last 12 months have (i) registered an interest in acquiring and (ii) acquired land under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, and how much funding it has made available to support these communities in each case.
Answer
The following table shows the number of communities which have registered an interest in acquiring land, and the number of communities which have acquired land, under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Act) only, each year since 2003. Communities may receive funding from a variety of sources, including the Scottish Land Fund (SLF). The Scottish Government has funded the SLF since 2012.
The table also shows the amount of funding granted by the SLF each year to communities who acquired land under the Act. Note that not all communities which acquired land under the Act may have received funding from the SLF, and communities which acquired land through other means may have received SLF funding.
Year | Number Of Communities Which Registered An Interest | Number Of Communities Which Acquired Land Under The Act | Amount Of Funding Granted To Communities Which Acquired Land Under The Act By The Scottish Land Fund (£) |
2003 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
2004 | 5 | 0 | N/A |
2005 | 7 | 3 | N/A |
2006 | 9 | 1 | N/A |
2007 | 11 | 1 | N/A |
2008 | 13 | 0 | N/A |
2009 | 6 | 0 | N/A |
2010 | 6 | 3 | N/A |
2011 | 7 | 1 | N/A |
2012 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | 5 | 4 | 509,500 |
2014 | 6 | 2 | 80,400 |
2015 | 5 | 2 | 76,000 |
2016 | 8 | 1 | 175,750 |
2017 | 7 | 1 | 647,500 |
2018 | 6 | 3 | 4,726,290 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 130,000 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 |