Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding is directed to men’s groups that are working on domestic abuse issues, and which groups these are.
The Scottish Government recognises that domestic abuse is an abuse of human rights, and is committed to preventing and eradicating it in Scotland. All survivors of domestic abuse deserve access to support.
In terms of funding for supporting survivors, we provide nearly £85,000 (over 2017-2020) to run the Respect Helpline, which signposts male survivors of domestic abuse to support services, over £3 million to ASSIST (over 2017-2020) to provide advocacy support to male survivors of domestic abuse in the Lothians, and £360,000 (2017-18) to the Scottish Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline to support victims and survivors.
We also provide £180,000 (over 2017-2020) to White Ribbon Scotland to encourage men to challenge gender based violence in all its forms.
In terms of work with perpetrators, we have provided over £2 million (2017-18) to support the innovative Caledonian System. This allocation includes £1.3 million for local authorities to deliver the men’s programme, the remainder supporting the women and children’s service. We recently announced a further £2.8 million to support the Caledonian System’s expansion into additional local authorities. We also provide nearly £250,000 (over 2017-2020) to Respekt, a domestic abuse project in Edinburgh.