Public subsidies: FOI release

Information requested

1. If the Scottish government provides any form of publicly funded financial benefit (excluding public contracts) be it in the form of government subsidies, tax exemptions, reduction of tariffs or any other benefit either at a cost to, or foregoing income to, the public purse.

2. The financial value of any of the above listed provisions. to the following companies or any of their subsidiaries and/or parent companies:

• Airbnb Inc.
• Babcock
• BAE Systems
• Boeing
• Booking.com B. V.
• Booking Holdings Inc.
• Caterpillar Defence Products 
• Elbit Systems
• Expedia Group Inc.
• J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd.
• Leonardo
• Motorola Solutions Inc.
• Northrop Grumman
• Raytheon Technologies
• Reliance Precision
• Tata Group
• Thales
• Thyssenkrupp
• TripAdvisor Inc.
• Jaguar Land Rover

Response

As no timescale was given in your request, I have used the last 5 financial years as a basis for this review.

I can confirm that the Scottish Government did not provide funding in-line with your enquiry to any of the listed companies.

I can confirm that 4 companies, Thales UK Ltd., Boeing UK Ltd. and Leonardo Edinburgh Ltd. did receive funding from Scottish Enterprise during the same period and have provided a short breakdown below with further detail in the attached document.

Thales UK Limited	£2,960,094
Boeing United Kingdom Limited	£2,118,150
Leonardo Edinburgh Limited	£61,596
Babcock Marine (Rosyth) Ltd	£90,579

Should you wish further information, details of Scottish Government spend over £25,000 is published monthly and can be found here: Government spend over £25,000: monthly reports - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Details of Scottish Enterprise spend over £25,000 can be found here: Accessing our information - spending and accounts | Scottish Enterprise (scottish-enterprise.com)

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FOI 202400401013 - Information Released - Annex

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