Publication - FOI/EIR release

Crofting Agricultural Grants areas and awards: FOI release

Published: 8 October 2019
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Public sector
FOI reference: FoI/19/02273
Date received: 3 October 2019
Date responded: 8 October 2019

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

Please provide details by postcodes or by geographical areas of Crofting Agricultural Grants awarded in 2017/2018 and 2018/2019.

Response

Please see reply by Scottish Government Area Office (geographical area) as follows,

	2017/2018		2018/2019
Area Office	Number of Payments	Value of Payments	Number of Payments	Value of Payments
Benbecula	96	£383,407.48	90	£296,831.75
Golspie	86	£356,831.41	88	£355,053.05
Inverness	45	£318,473.04	45	£334,271.21
Kirkwall	14	£53,391.75	26	£152,854.17
Lerwick	79	£334,608.64	74	£422,584.82
Oban	15	£63,202.14	27	£91,909.49
Portree	121	£413,589.98	113	£434,880.36
Stornoway	85	£319,234.70	108	£403,983.03
Thurso	104	£493,117.59	90	£438,375.57

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