Number of mobile abattoirs that receive funding: FOI release

Information requested

• The numbers of mobile abattoirs that receive funding by the Scottish Government per year from 2007 to the present day.
• The amount of funding per year that the Scottish Government has spent on or invested in mobile abattoirs from 2007 to the present day.
• The amount of abattoirs that receive funding by the Scottish Government per year from 2007 to the present day.
• The amount of funding per year that the Scottish Government has spent on or invested in abattoirs from 2007 to the present day.

Response

The following information relates to the questions asked, however there may be instances where an abattoir has received ad hoc grants/funding out with what is highlighted below, and or which is not direct funding from the Scottish government, as such you may wish to contact individual abattoirs.

• The numbers of mobile abattoirs that receive funding by the Scottish Government per year from 2007 to the present day.

There are no mobile abattoirs in Scotland

• The amount of funding per year that the Scottish Government has spent on or invested in mobile abattoirs from 2007 to the present day.

There are no mobile abattoirs in Scotland

• The amount of abattoirs that receive funding by the Scottish Government per year from 2007 to the present day.

Year	Number
2007	7
2008	7
2009	3
2010	4
2011	3
2012	3
2013	3
2014	2
2015	3
2016	2
2017	1
2018	5
2019	5
2020	5
2021	4
2022	5

• The amount of funding per year that the Scottish Government has spent on or invested in abattoirs from 2007 to the present day.

Year	Grant Paid
2007	654,460.00
2008	1,416,249.00
2009	74,531.00
2010	220,795.00
2011	70,563.00
2012	205,273.00
2013	154,579.39
2014	37,541.00
2015	1,926,255.33
2016	800,948.56
2017	155,516.12
2018	1,022,348.60
2019	2,080,689.93
2020	4,208,639.88
2021	1,236,640.56
2022	441,922.17

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