Publication - FOI/EIR release

Council funding to help prepare for Brexit: FOI release

Published: 22 October 2019
Topic: Brexit, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/19/02292
Date received: 1 October 2019
Date responded: 10 October 2019

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

You asked for:

Context: The Scottish Government has so far received £92 million in Barnett consequentials for Brexit preparations.

a. Which councils have received funding to prepare for Brexit?

b. How much has each of these council received in funding to prepare for Brexit?

c. How many councils have submitted business cases for further funding?

Response

The answer to your question is:

All 32 councils in Scotland have so far received £50,000 each to help prepare for Brexit. No individual council has applied for funding separately, with requests being made jointly through and by COSLA. The £50,000 (£1.6 million in total) was made as a consequence of such a request. No further business cases have yet been received.

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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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