Money spent on Scots Language Bill: FOI Release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
How much money has been spent by the Scottish Government so far on the Scots Language Bill and a breakdown of these costs?
How much money has the Scottish Government given to Gaelic and Scots language initiatives in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, with a breakdown by project and how much money was handed out?
How much money has the Scottish Government handed out for New Year's celebrations i.e like Hogmanay in Edinburgh, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023? Breakdown by who received the money and how much was handed out?
Response
I will answer your questions in turn below:
The present costs for the Scottish Languages Bill are £24,009.49 a full breakdown of these costs is available in Document 1 attachment.
A summary of the budget spend for Gaelic and Scots language initiatives for 2021 – 2023 is listed below and a full breakdown of the budgets is available on the attachment document 2.
|
Year |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
2023/24 |
|
Gaelic Budget |
£28,054,000.00 |
£30,872,000.00 |
£28,908,301.00 |
£29,422,795.00 |
|
Scots Budget |
£478,000.00 |
£498,000.00 |
£498,000.00 |
£553,500.00 |
A summary of the budget spend for New Year celebrations for 2021 – 2023 is listed below and a full breakdown of the budgets and who received the money is available at the attachment document 3.
|
Year |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
Costs |
£491,832 |
£381,792 |
£393,332 |
£393,332 |
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