Public funds given to Amazon: FOI release

Information requested

A detailed breakdown of all public funds the Scottish Government have given to Amazon since 2007. I would like this figure presented as an annual figure for each calendar year and a cumulative total. I would like a breakdown of what public funds were specifically allocated by the Scottish Government to Amazon for their Faulds Park distribution centre in Gourock, Inverclyde, since 2007.

Response

Our enterprise agency, Scottish Enterprise (SE), leads on a pan-Scotland approach to attracting inward investment by foreign companies, such as Amazon. The following table provides a full breakdown, by project and year, of the information held by the Scottish Government on SE support to Amazon.

While your request specifies funds since 2007, grants are often made over several years and multiple projects listed include instalments made prior to 2007. Therefore, to provide the full context, we have chosen to also provide details of payments by SE to Amazon in 2005 and 2006.

With regard to Faulds Park distribution centre, there were 3 payment totalling £2,137,000 which are listed in the top 3 rows of the table below.

Description	2005	2006	2007	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total Payments made (£)
Faulds Park - Major Project	107,000								107,000
RSA - establish a European Group support operation together withadditional customer fulfilment capacity - Gourock	555,000	600,000	500,000						1,655,000
RSA - To expand the company's facility to satisfy customer demand - Gourock				375,000					375,000
RSA - To establish a remote software development centre for web development - South Queensferry		150,000	50,000						200,000
RSA - To establish additional capacity to meet UK and European customer fulfilment requirements - Glenrothes		200,000	50,000						250,000
RSA - Development of a new fulfilment centre to satisfy customer demand – Dunfermline					215,000	165,000	355,000	665,000	1,400,000
Property Infrastructure General		50,000							50,000
Amazon Customer Service Centre Training Plus consolidated Project - Edinburgh				143,275	213,410	171,936		94,461	623,082
Contribution towards the fit out and preparation of premises at Waverley Gate - Edinburgh				160,000					160,000
Training Plus - contribution towards training and management development – Dunfermline						262,576		224,788	487,364
Support to attract new FDI investment	21,600								21,600
Total (£)	683,600	1,000,000	600,000	678,275	428,410	599,512	355,000	984,249	5,329,046

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