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Play park renewal council funding: FOI release
Information requested
1. Since the announcement in 2021 it is claimed that £5m of the £60m was being made available to the councils. Was this £5m passed on and if so to which councils?
2. Since 2021 and the first tranche of £5m was announced if it was delivered how much more of the £60m promised has been made available to the councils?
3. How many play parks have benefited since 2021 from this support that was announced?
Response
Question 1 - Since the announcement in 2021 it is claimed that £5m of the £60m was being made available to the councils. Was this £5m passed on and if so to which councils?
In 2021/22, the Scottish Government committed £5 million for the play park renewal programme. The following table shows the allocation of funding from the Scottish Government to each local authority in that financial year.
Local Authority 2021/22 Aberdeen City Council £188,000 Aberdeenshire Council £296,000 Angus Council £108,000 Argyll and Bute £76,000 City of Edinburgh Council £414,000 Clackmannanshire Council £47,000 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council £29,000 Dumfries and Galloway Council £140,000 Dundee City Council £125,000 East Ayrshire Council £112,000 East Dunbartonshire Council £102,000 East Lothian Council £108,000 East Renfrewshire Council £102,000 Falkirk Council £147,000 Fife Council £344,000 Glasgow City Council £525,000 Highland Council £234,000 Inverclyde Council £65,000 Midlothian Council £98,000 Moray Council £92,000 North Ayrshire Council £118,000 North Lanarkshire Council £324,000 Orkney Islands Council £24,000 Perth and Kinross Council £140,000 Renfrewshire Council £158,000 Scottish Borders Council £113,000 Shetland Islands Council £28,000 South Ayrshire Council £94,000 South Lanarkshire Council £298,000 Stirling Council £84,000 West Dunbartonshire Council £81,000 West Lothian Council £186,000
Question 2 - Since 2021 and the first tranche of £5m was announced if it was delivered how much more of the £60m promised has been made available to the councils?
The breakdown of further and committed funding to local authorities from the Scottish Government is as follows:
2022/23 - £5 million 2023/24 - £10 million 2024/25 - £15 million 2025/26 - £25 million
The following table shows the allocation of funding to each local authority since 2022/23.
Local Authority 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 Aberdeen City Council £185,000 £373,000 £559,000 £932,000 Aberdeenshire Council £308,000 £616,000 £924,000 £1,539,000 Angus Council £111,000 £220,000 £330,000 £550,000 Argyll and Bute £79,000 £157,000 £235,000 £391,000 City of Edinburgh Council £406,000 £811,000 £1,216,000 £2,027,000 Clackmannanshire Council £46,000 £93,000 £139,000 £231,000 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council £32,000 £62,000 £93,000 £156,000 Dumfries and Galloway Council £146,000 £291,000 £437,000 £728,000 Dundee City Council £122,000 £243,000 £365,000 £609,000 East Ayrshire Council £112,000 £224,000 £336,000 £561,000 East Dunbartonshire Council £100,000 £202,000 £303,000 £505,000 East Lothian Council £108,000 £218,000 £327,000 £545,000 East Renfrewshire Council £101,000 £204,000 £306,000 £509,000 Falkirk Council £145,000 £289,000 £434,000 £723,000 Fife Council £342,000 £681,000 £1,022,000 £1,703,000 Glasgow City Council £514,000 £1,028,000 £1,542,000 £2,570,000 Highland Council £245,000 £488,000 £732,000 £1,219,000 Inverclyde Council £63,000 £126,000 £189,000 £314,000 Midlothian Council £97,000 £197,000 £295,000 £492,000 Moray Council £94,000 £188,000 £282,000 £469,000 North Ayrshire Council £117,000 £231,000 £347,000 £578,000 North Lanarkshire Council £319,000 £635,000 £952,000 £1,586,000 Orkney Islands Council £26,000 £51,000 £77,000 £128,000 Perth and Kinross Council £144,000 £291,000 £437,000 £728,000 Renfrewshire Council £155,000 £307,000 £461,000 £768,000 Scottish Borders Council £117,000 £234,000 £352,000 £586,000 Shetland Islands Council £31,000 £61,000 £91,000 £151,000 South Ayrshire Council £94,000 £189,000 £283,000 £472,000 South Lanarkshire Council £296,000 £597,000 £896,000 £1,493,000 Stirling Council £85,000 £168,000 £253,000 £421,000 West Dunbartonshire Council £79,000 £157,000 £235,000 £392,000 West Lothian Council £184,000 £369,000 £553,000 £922,000 Total £5,000,000 £10,000,000 £15,000,000 £25,000,000
Question 3 - How many play parks have benefited since 2021 from this support that was announced?
Local authorities have reported that a total of 887 play parks have been renewed or were in the process of being renewed as of March 2024, from a total of £20 million funding received to that date. Reports on the number of play park renewal for £15 million funding in 2024/25 are due from local authorities by the end of April 2025.
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