Question reference: S4W-11785
- Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 December 2012
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Current status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 20 December 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the promotion of (a) Gaelic, (b) the Scots language and (c) other indigenous languages in each year from 2007-08, broken down by category of expenditure.
Answer
Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the promotion of (a) Gaelic, (b) the Scots language and (c) other indigenous languages in each year from 2007-08, broken down by category of expenditure.
(S4W-11785)
Alasdair Allan: In the following table we have listed the amounts spent by the Scottish Government on Gaelic and Scots broken down by categories of expenditure.
Gaelic and Scots Spend since 2007
|
Body / Area of Expenditure |
2007-08
|
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
MG ALBA |
£11.9m |
£12.4m |
£12.4m |
£12.4m |
£11.8m |
£11.8m |
|
Bòrd na Gidhlig |
£4.459m |
£5.459m |
£5.459m
|
£5.459m
|
£5.150m
|
£5.150m
|
|
Gaelic Education |
£6.141m |
£6.641m |
£8.941m |
£8.150m |
£7.565m |
£7.930m |
|
GaelicSpend |
£22.5m |
£24.5m |
£26.8m |
£26.009m |
£24.635m |
£25.0m |
|
Scottish Language Dictionaries |
£0 |
£0 |
£200k |
£200k |
£200k |
£200k |
|
Scots Language Centre |
£0 |
£0 |
£70k |
£70k |
£70k |
£70k |
|
Scots Development Fund |
£0 |
£0 |
£30k |
£30k |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Scots Spend |
£0 |
£0 |
£300k |
£300k |
£270k |
£270k |
* The Scottish Government also supports various services using British Sign Language but figures are not held centrally.
** The Scottish Government also spends significant funds on the English language. This information also is not held centrally.