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Flood Prevention
Murdo Fraser (Conservative) | Question S3W-40345
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the financial support that it has given to Perth and Kinross for new or improved flood prevention measures in each of the last five years.
Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party)
From 1 April 2008 capital support provided to Councils has generally been provided without a ring-fence. Decisions on where to apply this non-ringfenced support are the responsibility of individual councils.
The following table provides information on the capital support provided by the Scottish Government available to Perth and Kinross Council to support flood prevention and protection measures from 2006-07 to 2010-11.
| Year | Tota l£ million |
| 2006-07 | 8.660 |
| 2007-08 | 8.877 |
| 2008-09 | 18.710 |
| 2009-10 | 21.351 |
| 2010-11 | 17.643 |
Prior to these new arrangements Perth and Kinross Council had been granted £0.7 million over 2006-07 for the Milnathort flood protection scheme.