Disability Equality Scotland funding: FOI release

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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