Scottish Directors of Public Health funding: FOI release

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


Information requested

1. Is Scottish Directors of Public Health in receipt of funding from the Scottish Government?

2. If this organisation is in receipt of Government funding, please confirm the level of funding since 2018 (the year minimum pricing came into effect), with a break-down of the funding for each year to 2024.

3. Please confirm whether a condition of funding approval at any time since 2018 is that the organisation must publicly (or otherwise) support the policy of minimum unit pricing and where that is the case, please provide the specific wording of the condition(s).

Response

Scottish Directors of Public Health is not in direct receipt of funding from the Scottish Government and did not receive any funding directly from the Scottish Government between 2018 and 2024.  However, members of the Scottish Directors of Public Health network are employees of NHS Health Boards which are in receipt of funding from the Scottish Government.

About FOI

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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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