Expenditure on religious groups and representatives: FOI release
- Published
- 20 June 2024
- Directorate
- Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
- Topic
- Equality and rights, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400392049
- Date received
- 21 December 2023
- Date responded
- 2 February 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
"Historically, Christianity has been the religion of Great Britain, upon which laws and societal standards are based, as too in Scotland where, as per the Census of 2011, 53.8% of the population confirmed Christianity as their religion.
In the same Census, the following religions recorded, as a percentage of Scotland's population, --- Islam = 1.4%., Hinduism = 0.3%., Buddhism = 0.2%., and Sikhism = 0.2%.
(Q1) - Please provide, either as a percentage of an overall expenditure amount, or as a full monetary value, details of ALL monies paid by Scottish Government, or any Department or Agency thereof, to National, Third-Party, or Community based, representatives of each religion, during the period April 2022-March 2023 and April 2023 - December 2023."
Response
I enclose the majority of the information you requested in the form of a link to the Scottish Government’s spend for monies issued over the sum of £25,000: This is detailed in a monthly report format, and is readily available in the public domain. You can view the information here Government spend over £25,000: monthly reports - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
You can also find further payments provided on the Equality, inclusion and HR fund page, which you can view via this link Equality and Human Rights Fund: projects funded - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
In addition you may also find some of the information you requested within the Scottish Budget 2022 – 2023, Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget statement, here Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement 2022-2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Our aim is to provide information wherever possible. However, due to the wide scope of your question we may not have been able to identify and provide some of the information you require because an exemption(s) under Section 12 (Cost Limit) of FOISA applies to that information. The reason why that exemption applies is explained below;
- The search criteria identified a number of documents that may or may not be in scope, therefore, exceeded the cost threshold.
- A call across Scottish Government for a search of personal folders of all staff has also in some circumstances exceed the cost threshold.
However, in addition to the data already published, we can provide the following information in relation to your question.
|
PAYEE |
AMOUNT |
DATE |
|
BUDGET |
PROGRAMME |
|
Islamic Relief |
£125,000 |
21 Jul 2022 |
HEF |
Humanitarian Support for Horn of Africa |
|
|
Islamic Relief |
£125,000 |
22 Dec 2023 |
HEF |
Humanitarian Support for Libya |
|
The Grants below may fall under the scope of your request.
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|
Organisation Name |
Year funded |
Funding to date |
Purpose |
Notes 1 |
Notes 2 |
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|
1 |
Yusuf Youth Initiative |
22/23 |
£4,000 |
Youth work |
Under that Phase 5 of Cashback for Communities scheme we made a grant to Youthlink Scotland. Part of the funding enabled Youthlink to make grants to smaller community organisations. The Youthlink annual reports shows some onward funding reported for Yusuf Youth Initiative |
|
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|
2 |
Bethany Christian Trust |
23/24 |
£46,045 (23/24 Q1-3) |
Supports young people with mental health struggles |
Cash back for Communities partner for Phase 6. Three-year funding award of £264,658 (2023-2026) |
Further information: |
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Veterans Chaplaincy Scotland were awarded a £23,717 grant through the Scottish Veterans Fund in 22/23 to provide support to widows, widowers, bereaved veterans and their families, and to aid veterans returning to the community from prison.
Police Division - the Scottish Police Muslim Association has been provided with a grant in recognition of its role of supporting Muslim Police officers and staff and existing as a bridge between the Police service and Muslim communities as shown in the table below;
|
Financial Year |
Grant £ |
|
2022/2023 |
20,000 |
|
2023/ to date |
15,000 |
| TS Fund | Organisation | Umbrella/ National / Local |
2023/24 | Main Policy Area |
| CYPFEI & ALEC | Amina - Muslim Women's Resource Centre (Both Funds) | National | £73,500.00 | Gender based violence |
| CYPFEI & ALEC | Boys' Brigade Scotland | National | £63,000.00 | Community Learning and Development, Adult learning and Youthwork |
| CYPFEI & ALEC | Bethany Christian Trust (ALEC) | National | £52,500.00 | Homelessness |
*The CYPFEIF & ALEC Fund is a Scottish Government fund administered by Corra Foundation.
|
Fund |
Organisation |
FT Year |
Amount |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
Al Masaar SCIO (Islam) |
2022/23 |
£6,308 |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
Dunfermline East Church (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£750 |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
Interfaith Scotland (Multi- faith) |
2022/23 |
£7,000 |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund ] administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
Church of Scotland (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£5,605 |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
Scripture Union Scotland (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£24,535 |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
The Boys Brigade (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
YMCA Scotland (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£29,700 |
|
National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund administered by YouthLink Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government |
Youth for Christ (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£26,984 |
|
CLD Device Fund administered by SCVO for the Scottish Government |
Go! Youth Trust (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£10,960 |
|
CLD Device Fund administered by SCVO for the Scottish Government |
Renfrew YMCA SCIO (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£14,271 |
|
CLD Device Fund administered by SCVO for the Scottish Government |
YMCA Tayside (Christian) |
2022/23 |
£13,794 |
|
CLD Device Fund administered by SCVO for the Scottish Government |
Baba Yangu Foundation (SCIO) (Christian) |
2023/24 |
£3,255 |
|
CLD Device Fund administered by SCVO for the Scottish Government |
Scottish National Council YMCA (Christian) |
2023/24 |
£9,114 |
|
CLD Device Fund administered by SCVO for the Scottish Government |
YMCA Tayside (Christian) |
2023/24 |
£1,699 |
|
Fund |
Organisation |
FT Year |
Amount |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Cosgrove Care and Jewish Care Scotland |
2022/23 |
£18,450 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Faith in Community Dundee |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Glasgow Central Mosque Foodbank |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Safe Families |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Bethany Christian Trust |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Christians Against Poverty |
2022/23 |
£8,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Sikhs in Scotland |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Church of Scotland |
2022/23 |
£10,000 |
|
Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package |
Edinburgh City |
2022/23 |
£5,000 |
| Faith and Belief Organisations funded through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Winter Funding Package | Glasgow City Mission | 2022/23 | £6,000 |
You may wish to be aware that organisations are often not categorised specifically by faith, and therefore we have provided information where it appears that the organisation may be connected to Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Sikhism. If you require further information, you may consider sending a more specific request.
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