Kings Theatre Redevelopment Project funding: FOI release

Information requested

Please can you provide the dates of agreement of funding to save the Kings Theatre Edinburgh.

And

Dates of final funding agreed by Scottish Government with contractor Robertson.

Only dates related to start of negotiations on funding agreement for the Kings Theatre and Scottish Government contribution.

Response

Please can you provide the dates of agreement of funding to save the Kings Theatre Edinburgh

The Scottish Government agreed to provide a total of £10.3m to Kings Theatre, Edinburgh in connection with the capital and development costs of the Kings Theatre Redevelopment Project. We have understood your question to relate to the most relevant date in which the funding was agreed to be provided which is set out below:

Financial Year
2022/23	£4m
2023/24	£5.2m
2024/25	£1.1m

Dates of final funding agreed by Scottish Government with contractor Robertson The Scottish Government has not directly agreed funding with the contractor Robertson.

Only dates related to start of negotiations on funding agreement for the Kings Theatre and Scottish Government contribution

An application from Capital Theatres requesting funding from Scottish Government for the Kings Theatre redevelopment was received on the 30 April 2019.

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