To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the criteria for eligibility for grants for rural petrol stations should be relaxed in cases where the petrol station is the only one on an island.

The Rural Petrol Stations Grant Scheme is administered on behalf of the Scottish Executive by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise through their networks of local enterprise companies (LECs). LECs have discretion to relax certain eligibility criteria where they consider that exceptional circumstances are involved.