Question reference: S5W-31645
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 7 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 September 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many grants have been approved through the Coronavirus Support Scheme for Self-Catering Businesses administered by VisitScotland, and how many appeals in relation to the scheme have been upheld.
Answer
The Coronavirus Support Scheme for Self-Catering Businesses was put in place to provide help to those businesses who were ineligible for the various funding packages made available at the start of the pandemic. This additional self-catering fund has made 100 one-off grant awards of £10.000 each available to eligible businesses. Of this £1 million fund, a total of 97 Grants have already been allocated and 3 appeals have been upheld, shortly to be issued. A number of those who applied were rejected for not meeting the key eligibility criteria. This additional support will help enable tourism recovery, focused on greatest need.