Question reference: S6W-13090
- Date lodged: 13 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it initially allocated to the Tenant Grant Fund; what percentage of this fund was distributed to each local authority, and whether it will provide an update on how much each local authority has spent of its allocated funds to date.
Answer
The Tenant Grant Fund was a £10 million fund with each local authority receiving a share, based on a distribution agreement between CoSLA and Scottish Government.
The allocations were as follows:
Local Authority | Allocation |
Aberdeen City | 4.1% |
Aberdeenshire | 2.9% |
Angus | 1.6% |
Argyll & Bute | 1.0% |
City of Edinburgh | 15.8% |
Clackmannanshire | 1.5% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2.2% |
Dundee City | 3.8% |
East Ayrshire | 2.0% |
East Dunbartonshire | 1.1% |
East Lothian | 1.8% |
East Renfrewshire | 0.9% |
Falkirk | 2.3% |
Fife | 6.5% |
Glasgow City | 16.2% |
Highland | 3.1% |
Inverclyde | 1.0% |
Midlothian | 1.7% |
Moray | 0.9% |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 0.2% |
North Ayrshire | 3.1% |
North Lanarkshire | 5.9% |
Orkney Islands | 0.2% |
Perth & Kinross | 1.9% |
Renfrewshire | 2.3% |
Scottish Borders | 1.8% |
Shetland Islands | 0.3% |
South Ayrshire | 2.0% |
South Lanarkshire | 4.6% |
Stirling | 1.1% |
West Dunbartonshire | 2.7% |
West Lothian | 3.4% |
We published updated spend data on 10 January 2023 and it is available at Tenant Grant Fund monitoring report: September 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). This shows all local authority expenditure and the number of grants paid by local authorities, up until 30 September 2022.