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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