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Community Assets: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on supporting community ownership of (a) land and (b) buildings in Scotland.

answeredScotland Office

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Answering body
Scotland Office
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on supporting community ownership of (a) land and (b) buildings in Scotland.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    This government is committed to the communities sector and community ownership through empowering communities to own and run those local assets which mean the most to them. To date, the UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund has helped more than 40 Scot...

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