Question reference: S5W-30745
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 16 July 2020
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid out to public bodies through the £30 million Spaces for People fund.
Answer
As of 10 July, our delivery partner, Sustrans, has awarded a total of £29,603,681 to local authorities and statutory bodies through the Spaces for People programme. We are also considering repurposing a final amount of funding from the active travel budget for additional bids in the pipeline amounting to £8,647,487.
The fund is therefore now closed to further applications. However, I would urge local authorities to continue to discuss proposals for active travel infrastructure with Sustrans as other funding routes and programmes may be appropriate.
I would also like to remind local authorities that the Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes grant distributed to every local authority through the Local Government Settlement, was increased by £15 million pounds this year, to £23.9 million pounds in total and that too should be used for active travel infrastructure.
A breakdown of awards is shown at Table 1
Table 1 Spaces for People awards by Organisation
Lead Organisation | Awarded amount | In assessment | (to be assessed – further bids) | Total amount |
Glasgow City Council | £3,500,000 | £3,600,000 | £7,100,000 | |
City of Edinburgh Council | £5,000,000 | £5,000,000 | ||
Dundee City Council | £460,000 | £2,000,000 | £2,460,000 | |
Fife Council | £2,420,000 | £2,420,000 | ||
The Highland Council | £1,968,560 | £1,968,560 | ||
Aberdeen City Council | £1,760,000 | £1,760,000 | ||
East Lothian Council | £1,400,000 | £1,400,000 | ||
Perth and Kinross Council | £1,098,000 | £255,000 | £1,353,000 | |
South Lanarkshire Council | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 | ||
Scottish Borders Council * | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 | ||
North Lanarkshire Council | £1,066,978 | £1,066,978 | ||
East Renfrewshire Council | £1,030,000 | £1,030,000 | ||
Argyll & Bute Council | £315,000 | £600,000 | £915,000 | |
NHS Grampian | £817,500 | £817,500 | ||
Angus Council | £160,000 | £628,958 | £788,958 | |
Renfrewshire Council | £545,000 | £150,000 | £695,000 | |
West Lothian Council | £641,500 | £641,500 | ||
Dumfries and Galloway Council | £595,000 | £595,000 | ||
Inverclyde Council | £285,000 | £300,000 | £585,000 | |
East Ayrshire Council | £555,000 | £555,000 | ||
Stirling Council | £513,000 | £513,000 | ||
South Ayrshire Council | £510,000 | £510,000 | ||
West Dunbartonshire Council | £440,000 | £280,000 | £720,000 | |
North Ayrshire Council | £100,000 | £300,000 | £400,000 | |
Clackmannanshire Council | £367,000 | £367,000 | ||
Aberdeenshire Council | £310,000 | £310,000 | ||
TACTRAN | £250,000 | £250,000 | ||
Midlothian Council | £157,293 | £33,529 | £190,822 | |
NHS Lanarkshire | £210,000 | £210,000 | ||
ZetTrans | £200,000 | £200,000 | ||
Falkirk Council | £190,000 | £190,000 | ||
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £128,850 | £128,850 | ||
SEPA | £120,000 | £120,000 | ||
Moray Council | £ 500,000 | £500,000 | ||
NHS Lothian | £90,000 | £90,000 | ||
£29,603,681 | £500,000 | £8,147,487 | £38,251,168 |