§ Mr. Peter DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the grants made to date by the New Opportunities Fund through the Scottish Land Fund, the date of award and the amount awarded. [46233]
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Scottish Land Fund grants to date Local authority Applicant Grant type Amount (£) April 2001 Highland Kinlochleven Land Development Trust Development 90,000 Highland Laggan Forest Trust Co. Ltd. Development 73,172 April total 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 Aberdeenshire Windyhills Community Group Technical assistance 9,415 May total 83,592 July 2001 Argyll and Bute Ross of Mull Historical Centre Acquisition 52,907 Argyll and Bute Mull and Iona Community Trust Acquisition 33,268 Eilean Siar Port of Ness Harbour Ltd. Acquisition 4,168 Moray Burghead Amenities Project Acquisition 19,108 July total 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 and 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 Argyll and Bute Kilchoman Community Group Technical assistance 1,536 August total 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 Argyll and Bute Gigha Land Steering Community Group Technical assistance 2,974 September total 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 Highland Fernaig Community Trust Acquisition 11,873 October total 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 Ltd. Technical assistance 3,665 Aberdeenshire Mid Deeside Ltd. 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 Highland Strathnairn Community Woodland Project Technical assistance 1,151 November total 171,790 January 2002 Highland Distillery Wood Association Technical assistance 940 Perth and Kinross Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust Technical assistance 2,910 Aberdeenshire Strichen Community Park Technical assistance 176 Scottish Borders Gordon Community Woodland Association Acquisition 69,971 Orkney North Ronaldsay Trust Acquisition 50,835 Argyll and Bute Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust Development 90,000 January total 214,832
§ Mr. CabornIn just under a year of operation, 47 grants worth a total of £4,838,472 have been made by the Scottish Land Fund using New Opportunities Fund funds. The table gives further details of all awards made to date.
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Scottish Land Fund grants to date Local authority Applicant Grant type Amount (£) February 2002 Highland Anagach Woods Steering Group Technical assistance 399 Highland Anagach Woods Steering Group Technical assistance 799 Highland Laggan Forest Trust Forestry Co. Ltd. Technical assistance 1,000 Shetland Sandwick Social and Economic Development Co. Acquisition 25,265 Highland Kingsburgh Forest Trust Acquisition 148,805 Stirling Loch Katrine Community Trust Technical assistance 961 February total 177,229 Overall total 4,838,472