Question reference: S6W-26845
- Date lodged: 12 April 2024 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to the Monitor Farms Scotland programme in each year since it was established.
Answer
The Scottish Government has allocated approximately £6 million to the Monitor Farm Scotland programme since it was established in 2003. Please note that the Scottish Government’s e-record system was developed in 2005, therefore only partial data is available between 2003 and 2008.
Period | Amount of SG funding committed | Number of Monitor Farms supported |
2022-2026 (Current) | £1,962,674 | 9 |
2020-2021 | £100,000 | 6 |
2015-2020 | £1,250,000 | 9 |
2013-2015 | £260,000 | 4 |
2008-2013 | £1,757,530 | 22 |
2003-2008* | £600,000 | 4-7 |
Total | £5,930,204 | 57 |
*Please note that the Scottish Government’s e-record system was developed in 2005. Only partial data available for this period.