Question reference: S5W-27782
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 March 2020
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 March 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been delivered through the Scottish Growth Scheme in each year, also broken down by the proportion that was delivered through (a) European funding streams and (b) Scottish Enterprise and other public sector bodies in Scotland.
Answer
To 31 January 2020, under the Scottish Growth Scheme, some £193.2 million investment, in debt and equity has been unlocked for 342 companies.
The following table contains a breakdown by year of the funding delivered by the Scottish Growth Scheme and also the proportion that was delivered by (a) European funding streams and (b) Scottish Enterprise and other public sector bodies in Scotland.
Year | Funding delivered | European funding streams (a) | Scottish Enterprise/other (b) | Private sector leverage |
£m | £m | £m | £m | |
2017 | 22.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 17.1 |
2018 | 83.5 | 8.2 | 15.0 | 60.3 |
2019 | 69.2 | 6.8 | 15.3 | 47.1 |
2020 | 17.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 16.8 |
Total | 193.2 | 17.7 | 34.2 | 141.3 |