§ Pete WishartTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the capital cost of each community buy-out has been since 1994, and if she will list awards to assist in community buy-outs from the new opportunities Fund's Scottish Land Fund that have been awarded since February 2001. [38699]
§ Mr. CabornSince February 2001 the Scottish Land Fund has awarded a total of 41 grants to date totalling £4,661,243. Of these, 17 have been for acquisition purposes totaling £4,084,613.
The following table gives further details of all awards made to date.
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Scottish Land Fund Grants to Date Meeting Date Local Authority Applicant Grant Type Amount £ Monthly Totals £ April 2001 Highland Kinlochleven Land Development Trust Development 90,000 April Highland Laggan Forest Trust Co Ltd Development 73,172 163,172 May 2001 Moray Deskford Community Association Acquisition 12,000 Highland Fernaig Community Trust Development 57,796 Perth and Kinross Comrie Millennium Footpath Association Technical Assistance 4,381 May Aberdeenshire Windyhills Community Group Technical Assistance 9,415 83,592 July 2001 Argyll and Bute Ross of Mull Historical Centre Acquistion 52,907 Argyll and Bute Mull and Iona Community Trust Acquistion 33,268 Eilean Siar Port of Ness Harbour Ltd Acquisition 4,168 July Moray Burghead Amenities Project Acquisition 19,108 109,451 August 2001 Highland Abriachian Forest Trust Development 94,000 Highland Durness Development Group Acquisition 15,670 Argyll and Bute Tiree Rural Development Company Development 50,000 Aberdeenshire Woodhead & Windyhills Community Group Acquisition 90,000 Highland Glen Beag Woodland Steering Group Technical Assistance 300 Highland Balmacara Square Management Committee Technical Assistance 964 Scottish Borders Gordon Community Woodland Association Technical Assistance 720 August Argyll and Bute Kilchoman Community Group Technical Assistance 1,536 253,190 September 2001 Highland Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust Technical Assistance 3,375 Highland Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust Development 20,310 South Ayrshire Ballantrae Rural Initiative Care in the Community Acquisition 26,690 September Argyll and Bute Gigha Land Steering Community Group Technical Assistance 2.974 53,349 October 2001 Highland Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust Development 62,519 Highland Kells Croft Steering Group Acquisition 12,475 Argyll and Bute Gigha Land Steering Community Group Acquisition 3,525,000 October Highland Fernaig Community Trust Acquisition 11,873 3,611,867 November 2001 Highland Acharacle Community Company Acquisition 96,420 Renfrewshire Howwood Community Woodland Group Acquisition 13,870 Argyll and Bute Iomairt Chille-Choman Acquisition 30,358 Aberdeenshire Mid Deeside Limited Technical Assistance 3,665 Aberdeenshire Mid Deeside Limited Technical Assistance 4,350 Stirling Trossachs Community Trust Acquisition 20,000 Highland North Sutherland Community Woodland Trust Technical Assistance 1,491 Renfrewshire Howwood Community Woodland Group Technical Assistance 485 November Highland Strathnairn Community Woodland Project Technical Assistance 1,151 171,790 January 2002 Inverness & Nairn Distillery Wood Association Technical Assistance 940 Tayside Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust Technical Assistance 2,910 Grampian Strichen Community Park Technical Assistance 176 Borders Gordon Community Woodland Association Acquisition 69,971 Orkney North Ronaldsay Trust Acquisition 50,835 January Argyll & the Islands Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust Development 90,000 214,832 Total 4,661,243