Distribution of the Scottish Gaelic budget: FOI release
- Published
- 4 September 2024
- Directorate
- Education Reform Directorate
- Topic
- Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400417483
- Date received
- 4 June 2024
- Date responded
- 24 June 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
How the Scottish Gaelic budget isdistributed amongst various bodies and agencies.
Response
For the current financial year 2024-25 the amounts currently allocated for the Gaelic bodies and agencies is as set out in the table below. This is the current allocation and may not reflect the level of spend at the end of the financial year.
|
Bòrd na Gàidhlig (Alba) |
Resource |
£5.475.000 |
|
Gaelic Indirect Capital for Bodies |
Capital |
£4.000.000 |
|
Gaelic Schools |
Resource |
£98.000 |
|
Gaelic Broadcasting (MG Alba) |
Resource |
£13.000.000 |
|
Gaelic Education, Culture and Arts Bodies |
Resource |
£2.400.000 |
|
Gaelic Development Bodies |
Resource |
£500.000 |
|
Local Authority Gaelic Specific Grant |
Resource |
£4.482.000 |
The funding provided by Scottish Government to support Gaelic bodies over the past 11 budgets is publicly available within the Scottish Parliament SPICe report on the Scottish Languages Bill (Scottish Languages Bill | Scottish Parliament).
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