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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S2W-09314

  • Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: 23 June 2004
  • Current status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 29 July 2004

Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-2467 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 20 May 2004, whether the #700,000 provided to national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organisations included the #512,000 for the Equality Network announced in March 2004 and whether the Executive will provide a breakdown of which organisations the #700,000 has been, or will be, allocated to and over what financial years.


Answer

I apologise if my earlierreply on this matter was not clear. Let me clarify. The Scottish Executive has provided£695,192 to support and increase the engagement of lesbian, gay, bisexual andtranssexual people in the life of Scotland. This figure includes the grant of £512,000 for theEquality Network which was announced in March 2004. The breakdown of funding toorganisations is as follows:

Organisation

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Total

Equality Network

46,097

60,014

165,852

169,005

177,724

618,692

LGBT Youth

12,000

22,000

26,000

-

-

60,000

Beyond Barriers

5,000

11,500

-

-

-

16,500