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Publication - Statistics

Coronavirus (COVID-19): summary of Scottish business support funding

Last updated
27 April 2022 - see all updates
Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
Part of
Business, industry and innovation

Scotland-wide management information on delivered funds including local authorities breakdowns. Reflects the position in the last updated description.

This document is part of a collection

Business support funding: local authority allocations

This is not the latest release. Data below as at April 2022. View latest release with updated data

A summary of COVID-19 business support funding administered by local authorities in the 2020 to 2021 financial year.

Since the start of the pandemic in spring 2020, Scottish local authorities have administered over £1.8 billion in COVID-19 business support.

The below table provides a local authority level breakdown of the total amount administered by local authorities in the 2020 to 2021 financial year. For a list of schemes included please see the footnotes below the table.

Please note that this table includes an underestimate for the amount paid to the Discretionary Fund (to 26 March 2021) and an overestimate for the amount for the final two-week Strategic Framework Business Fund payment which crossed into April 2021.

Local authority

Total paid (£)

Aberdeen City

£53,592,040

Aberdeenshire

£68,129,030

Angus

£35,340,304

Argyll and Bute

£64,674,680

Clackmannanshire

£13,224,360

Dumfries and Galloway

£134,327,075

Dundee City

£61,256,836

East Ayrshire

£40,850,750

East Dunbartonshire

£30,139,215

East Lothian

£24,462,545

East Renfrewshire

£24,735,132

Edinburgh

£101,129,770

Falkirk

£42,184,905

Fife

£108,884,780

Glasgow City

£227,785,512

Highland

£140,534,898

Inverclyde

£19,427,910

Midlothian

£20,964,510

Moray

£33,540,176

Na h-Eileanan Siar

£15,923,200

North Ayrshire

£40,980,830

North Lanarkshire

£74,780,641

Orkney Islands

£12,785,050

Perth and Kinross

£65,884,226

Renfrewshire

£48,593,770

Scottish Borders

£57,986,381

Shetland Islands

£12,013,775

South Ayrshire

£42,088,833

South Lanarkshire

£74,128,962

Stirling

£43,574,428

West Dunbartonshire

£25,368,140

West Lothian

£47,352,395

Scotland

£1,806,663,060

Footnotes

  1. Funds included are for the 2020/21 financial year, except the Discretionary Fund (to 26 March 2021) and Restart Grant two week Strategic Framework Business Fund transitional payment (to 19th April 2021).
  2. Local authorities also administered the Temporary Restrictions Fund for Childcare Providers, but we are unable to provide a breakdown by local authority at this time.
  3. Please note that due to ongoing quality assurance, these data are subject to change. 

The total includes the following schemes:

  • Strategic Framework Business Fund
  • Local Authority Discretional Fund
  • Hospitality, Retail and Leisure Top-up Fund
  • Island Equivalent Fund and Island Equivalent Payments Top-up
  • Taxi and Private Hire Driver Support Fund (March 2021)
  • Contingency Fund – Travel Agents, Brewers and Indoor Football Centres
  • Exclusive Use and Large Self Catering
  • Small Accommodation Providers (SAP- CTF) – Wave 1, 2 and 3
  • Top Up Payments To Licensed Bingo Clubs And Casinos
  • Transitional Support Fund for Childcare Providers
  • October Circuit breaker (Closure/Hardship/Furlough/Contingency)
  • Newly employed Hardship Fund (Round 1)
  • Bed and Breakfast Hardship Fund
  • Business Support Fund Grants (Small Business Grant Scheme and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Grant Scheme)
  • Self-Isolation Support Grant
  • Restart Grant- two week Strategic Framework Business Fund transition payment

Sources

 

Contact

Correspondence and enquiries

For enquiries about the publication please contact: Pippa Stone, COVID-19 Business Support Statistics
Email: Pippa.stone@gov.scot 

Contact

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics, please contact: Office of the Chief Statistician, Telephone: 0131 244 0442, e-mail: statistics.enquiries@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

First published
21 September 2021
Last updated
27 April 2022 - show all updates

  1. Updated Scotland-wide allocations.

  2. Updated figures.

  3. Updated figures.

  4. Updated figures.

  5. Updated figures.

  6. Updated figures.

  7. Updated 'Scotland-wide allocations'.

  8. Updated figures.

  9. Updated and restructured

  10. Updated and restructured to include local authority allocations.

  11. Updated.

  12. Updated.

  13. Updated

  14. Updated

  15. Updated the information to reflect payments to July 2021.

  16. Updated the information to reflect payments to 25 June 2021.

  17. Updated the information to reflect payments to 28 May 2021.

  18. Changed the url of the page from: www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-summary-of-scottish-funding---30-april-2021/ to: www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-summary-of-scottish-business-support-funding/ . All updates will be made on this single page with a link to the archive to compare the detail.

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