Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to the Lessons from Auschwitz (LFA) project.
Since 2009, the Scottish Government has provided almost £3.3 million to support the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz programme.
The programme promotes and embeds learning about and remembrance of the Holocaust. Since 2009, 5,595 Scottish students have participated in the project as well as 660 Scottish teachers.
395 schools or 76% of all eligible schools from across Scotland’s 32 local authorities have participated.