Guidance

UKSPF grant determination (capital) Scotland, 2025 to 2026 (50/MHCLG03AN250403)

Published 8 April 2025

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (“the Secretary of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, makes the following determination:

Citation

1. This determination may be cited as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Grant Determination 2026 (No. 50/MHCLG03AN250403).

Purpose of the grant

2. The purpose of the grant is to provide support to grant recipients in Scotland towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by them.

Determination

3. The Secretary of State determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and the amounts set out in Annex A.

Grant conditions

4. Pursuant to sections 50 and 51 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, the Secretary of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions in Annex B.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Jessica Blakely/Carmen Suarez Garcia

Directors: Local Finding and Investment

Date: 28/03/2025

Annex A

Lead Local Authorities to which grant is to be paid UKSPF Core CDEL allocation
Aberdeen City £665,441
Aberdeenshire £771,520
Angus £457,382
Argyll and Bute £417,980
City of Edinburgh £1,152,773
Clackmannanshire £196,699
Dumfries and Galloway £629,941
Dundee City £521,521
East Ayrshire £567,448
East Lothian £378,289
Falkirk £574,952
Fife £1,248,516
Glasgow City Region £6,868,820
Highland £878,243
Midlothian £330,884
Moray £401,239
Na h-Eileanan Siar £208,783
North Ayrshire £576,535
Orkney Islands £164,960
Perth and Kinross £532,303
Scottish Borders £499,299
Shetland Islands £172,901
South Ayrshire £469,454
Stirling £400,454
West Lothian £622,092

Annex B: Grant conditions

1. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocations listed in Annex A are subject to the Lead Local Authority complying with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding.

2. This CDEL grant is awarded under a Section 50 non-ringfenced transfer (United Kingdom Internal Markets Act 2020) and may only be used for capital expenditure.

3. If an authority fails to comply with any of the conditions and requirements of paragraphs 1 & 2, the Secretary of State may a. reduce, suspend or withhold grant; or b. by notification in writing to the local authority, require the repayment of the whole or any part of the grant.

4. Any sum notified by the Secretary of State under paragraph 3 shall immediately become repayable by the local authority to the Secretary of State.