Debt advice levy funding allocation: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for a breakdown of funding allocated via debt advice levy funding by organisation and amount awarded, and an outline of what the allocated funding was used for (eg to provide advice service, to provide helpline etc.) in 2019/20.

Response

The table below gives details of the debt advice levy funding allocated by the Scottish Government for April - September 2019. The information is also being made available on the Scottish Government Tackling Problem Debt Group website at: https://www.gov.scot/groups/tackling-problem-debt-group/

Information for the full financial year 2019/20 will be made available in the same place as soon as it is available.

Organisation	Activity	Amount
Advice Direct Scotland	Pilot project for a cloud-based platform enabling better integrated client journeys	£137,049
Citizens Advice Scotland	Debt advice transition and capacity provision projects	£124,999
Citizens Advice Scotland	Debt advocacy	£21,700
Improvement Service	Projects on levy allocation models, Common Advice Reporting Framework and Funders’ Framework	£87,500
Money Advice Scotland	Core funding, training courses for debt advisers, workforce strategy project and digital pilot project	£135,828.50
Money Advice Trust	National Debtline and Business Debtline	£116,474
Scottish Legal Aid Board	Projects under Making Advice Work and Early Resolution & Advice Programmes	£790,685
StepChange (Foundation for Credit Counselling)	Project to increase debt advice provision, with a focus on vulnerable clients	£323,575
StepChange (Foundation for Credit Counselling)	Telephone debt advice	£126,150
Total		£1,863,960.50

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