Governmental grants given to National Park Authorities in Great Britain 2022, by park

Among the 15 National Park Authorities in Great Britain, the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority received the largest governmental grant for the financial year 2021/22, having been allocated approximately 10.73 million British pounds from the Scottish Government. This was two million British pounds more than the park authority received in the previous year. However, not all park authorities experienced an increase in government-allocated grants, with eight of the 15 park authorities receiving the same sums of money from their respective governments in 2021/22 as the financial year prior.

What are the responsibilities of National Park Authorities?

As non-profit organizations, Great Britain’s National Park Authorities are primarily tasked with managing the natural landscapes of their respective parks and the wildlife living there. This is no small task, with the size of national parks in Britain exceeding one thousand square kilometers in most cases, and Britain's largest, the Cairngorms, reaching over four thousand square kilometers. Park authorities are also responsible for providing public access to the land they maintain and ensuring that each national park's cultural heritage and unique character are preserved.

Are National Park Authorities reliant on government-allocated grants?

Grants received from the English, Scottish, and Welsh governments are crucial sources of income for Britain’s National Park Authorities and enable them to perform their statutory duties. When compared to the gross expenditure of Britain’s National Park Authorities in 2021/22, government-allocated grants made up at least a third of the funds spent on operating the national parks.