Total subsidy costs paid to Argyll Ferries for operating the Gourock-Dunoon service: FOI release

Information requested

The total subsidy costs paid to Argyll Ferries for operating the Gourock-Dunoon service for each year from 2000-2024.

Response

Please note that Argyll Ferries Ltd (AFL) operated the Gourock-Dunoon ferry service from 30 June 2011 until 21 January 2019, after which point the service was transferred to CalMac Ferries Ltd as part of the Clyde & Hebrides Ferry Services Contract.

All of the information you have requested is available online under the following FOISA publication: Grants or Loans issued under Section 70 of Transport (Scotland) Act 2001: FOI release - gov.scot. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

This publication includes costings from FY 2011/12-2018/19 which covers the duration of AFL’s contract to deliver the Gourock-Dunoon ferry service. Please note that the publication makes reference to the 2019/20 report not having been published. However, while this information is now available online, it does not include any data or information that is relevant to your request.

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