Future Farming Investment Scheme statistics: EIR release

Information requested

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, and further to FOI 202500492156:

1. Please provide the number of applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme that were unsuccessful (potentially eligible schemes that proceeded to assessment but did not receive funding), broken down by (a) area office, (b) the total value (£) at each office that was unsuccessfully applied for, and (c) the farm/croft size (30 hectares or less, between 30.01-150, greater than 150).

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request. 

Applied & Eligible but no grant offer
Area Office	Small (<30ha)	Grant Value (£)	Medium (30.01- 150ha)	Grant Value (£)	Large (>150ha)	Grant Value (£)
Ayr	38	£151,712.03	141	£1,086,389.79	146	£2,125,745.70
Benbecula	22	£93,442.22	23	£184,917.73	5	£72,558.16
Dumfries	24	£103,402.13	78	£600,545.11	107	£1,400,977.47
Elgin	8	£27,191.89	38	£277,459.38	43	£675,231.28
Galashiels	22	£81,801.11	56	£396,163.51	192	£2,300,282.67
Golspie	20	£78,342.82	14	£100,142.26	15	£182,232.53
Hamilton	12	£50,418.76	58	£387,494.46	53	£700,507.06
Inverness	56	£221,660.94	56	£365,087.41	87	£1,016,706.46
Inverurie	66	£276,682.10	175	£1,212,735.12	142	£1,862,279.40
Kirkwall	18	£55,725.03	85	£683,960.78	44	£679,517.62
Lerwick	6	£18,932.95	23	£121,827.86	20	£234,343.77
Oban	20	£86,911.49	53	£388,430.43	88	£1,215,364.89
Perth	32	£132,193.50	138	£946,191.31	223	£2,724,439.26
Portree	30	£111,193.18	16	£107,108.58	18	£198,587.34
Stornoway	33	£125,868.56	14	£106,318.49	2	£18,221.60
Thurso	35	£151,753.94	47	£347,872.51	39	£504,720.42
Total	442	£1,767,232.65	1,015	£7,312,644.73	1,224	£15,911,715.63

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