Emergency Funding for Sport: FOI release

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


Information requested

I am seeking information on funding distributed as part of the Emergency Funding for Sport that was announced on 10th December 2020.

In particular this relates to the loans distributed to the then Premiership clubs.

The information I am seeking is:

  • How much did each Premiership club receive?
  • How much those clubs who received loans have repaid?
  • How much remains outstanding from each club who received a loan?

Response

All of the information requested is in the table below: 

Club

Initial Loan (£)

Repayments as of April 24 (£)

Loan outstanding as of April 2024 (£)

Aberdeen

£3,119,000

£246,920.77

£2,872,079.23

Dundee United

£2,818,000

£152,641.71

£2,665,358.29

Hamilton

£1,151,000

£20,000.00

£1,131,000.00

Hibernian

£2,882,000

£228,158.27

£2,653,841.73

Kilmarnock

£1,828,000

£144,716.73

£1,683,283.27

Livingston

£1,783,000

£89,150.00

£1,693,850.00

Motherwell

£2,959,000

£234,254.23

£2,724,745.77

Rangers

£3,200,000

£253,333.27

£2,946,666.73

Ross County

£1,158,000

£91,675.00

£1,066,325.00

St Johnstone

£2,600,000

£205,883.27

£2,394,166.73

St Mirren

£1,764,000

£88,200.00

£1,675,800.00

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
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Edinburgh
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