§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which post offices in Scotland referred to in the report by the Scottish National Rural Partnership of November 2002, Section B.13 of Implementing Services in Rural Scotland, received funding from the Sub Post Office Start Up Capital Subsidy Funding; how much each has received; and what proportion this represented of the successful applications from throughout the UK. [93194]
§ Mr. TimmsI understand from Post Office Ltd. who operate the Sub Post Office Start Up Capital Subsidy Fund on behalf of the Department that 13 applications from Scotland had been approved, out of a total of 133 approved for the UK, as at end December 2002. As at that date, the amounts approved and paid in respect of applications from Scotland were as follows:
£ Approved Paid Achnasheen 20,000 289 Almondbank 17,750 17,750 Arnisdale 1,810 1,657 Bernisdale 11,131 8,880 Bowden 5,000 2,184 Drinishader 4,550 — East Mains of Carseburn 315 315 Glenboig 17,500 17,500 Glencoe 10,307 10,307 Laxay 2,213 1,664 Ollaberry 3,411 3,411 Strathkinness 17,963 — Struan 3,898 3,898