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Disability Equality Scotland funding: FOI release

Published
2024-03-04
Received
2023-12-14
Responded
2024-01-16
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

1. What funding has the Scottish Government provided Disability Equality Scotland over each of the last 5 years?

2. What funding has been provided to each of Scotland’s Access Panels over each of the last 5 years?

Response

The total amount of funding provided to Disability Equality Scotland by Scottish Government over the last 5 years is £1,306,629.13. This includes £499,999 of funding provided through the Equality and Human Rights Fund. Further detail can be found at Equality and Human Rights Fund: projects funded - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

A full breakdown of this funding by year is detailed below.

YEAR SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT FUNDING EQUALITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND TOTAL FUNDING PROVIDED 2019/20 £255,132 - £255,132 2020/21 £261,498.13 - £261,498.13 2021/22 £150,000 £170,357 £320,357 2022/2023 £80,000 £162,917 £242,917 2023/24 £60,000 £166,725 £226,725 Total £806,630.13 £499,999 £1,306,629.13

Of the total funding provided by Scottish Government over the last 5 years £380,264 was provided to Access Panels. A full breakdown of this funding by year is detailed below:

YEAR ACCESS PANEL FUNDING 2019/2020 £80,132 2020/2021 £80,132 2021/2022 £80,000 2022/2023 £80,000 2023/2024 £60,000 Total £380,264

In addition to Scottish Government funding and Equalities and Human Rights Fund funding, Transport Scotland has also provided £362,594.59 of funding to Disability Equality Scotland over the last 5 years.

A full breakdown of this funding by year is detailed below:

YEAR TOTAL 2019-20 £54,242.38 2020-21 £69,398.44 2021-22 £73,459.77 2022-23 £96,965.00 2023-24 £68,529.00 Total paid during period Dec 2018 to date £362,594.59

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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