FOI/202000012909 · FOI · unclear
Questions concerning Local authorities and the Bellwin Scheme: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for:
1. How many local authorities have applied to the Bellwin Scheme since the financial year 2013-14 to present. 2. The names of the local authorities who applied and in what year they applied. 3. How many local authorities have been awarded additional revenue from the Bellwin Scheme since the financial year 2013-14 to present. 4. The name of the local authorities who received the Bellwin Scheme funding and in what year they were awarded this funding. 5. How much revenue did each successful local authority receive.
Response
I can confirm that there were no claims made in respect of financial years’ 2013-14 and 2014-15. In financial year 2015-16 there were four Councils that received funding under Bellwin. I have listed the allocations below.
2015-16 Amount Aberdeenshire Council £2,065,929 Angus Council £362,165 Perth & Kinross £750,691 Scottish Borders £3,797,731
There were no claims in the financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19, however, as announced on 6 April 2018, an additional £10 million funding was allocated to local authorities for winter maintenance and road repairs in lieu of the Bellwin Scheme. The additional funding was paid to local authorities on 15 May 2018 and removed the strict eligibility criteria and full audit process involved when submitting a Bellwin claim. You’ll find the news release in https://www.gov.scot/news/extra-gbp-10-million-for-roadmaintenance/ and I have also included the breakdown of funding received by all 32 Local Authorities.
Local Authority Allocation £ Aberdeen City 266,901 Aberdeenshire 820,414 Angus 278,580 Argyll & Bute 332,789 Clackmannanshire 82,261 Dumfries & Galloway 542,417 Dundee City 155,293 East Ayrshire 218,175 East Dunbartonshire 156,929 East Lothian 181,000 East Renfrewshire 135,577 Edinburgh, City of 480,363 Eilean Siar 172,249 Falkirk 243,638 Fife 582,031 Glasgow City 563,112 Highland 939,955 Inverclyde 96,463 Midlothian 149,407 Moray 231,272 North Ayrshire 212,606 North Lanarkshire 438,038 Orkney 120,238 Perth & Kinross 390,529 Renfrewshire 311,736 Scottish Borders 400,858 Shetland 133,547 South Ayrshire 214,459 South Lanarkshire 509,412 Stirling 246,956 West Dunbartonshire 113,047 West Lothian 279,749 SCOTLAND 10,000,000
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