Question reference: S5W-35739
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 4 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 11 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the support that it has provided to Dundee City Council to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
To date, Dundee City Council have been allocated an additional £41.8 million in direct support, as set out in the following table, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through the Local Government Finance Settlement, over and above their regular general revenue grant payments. The Scottish Government also agreed a package of financial flexibilities for Scotland's councils that could be worth up to £600 million over the next 2 years to provide further assistance in responding to the pandemic.
Policy | Amount (£m) |
Associated with COVID-19 | 4.308 |
Local Authority Hardship Fund | 1.389 |
Scottish Welfare Fund Top-up | 0.809 |
Food Fund | 1.152 |
Registrars of Death | 0.016 |
Council Tax Reduction Scheme - Additional Support | 0.900 |
Community Justice CPP Transitional Funding Extra | 0.013 |
Extra Environmental Health Officers | 0.026 |
Test & Protect - Combined | 0.095 |
Winter Plan - Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan | 0.175 |
Additional UKG Consequentials | 1.361 |
Children and Young People's Mental Health and Emotional Issues | 0.445 |
Business Support Grant Admin | 0.279 |
Education Recovery Funding | 0.490 |
Additional Education - Teachers | 0.732 |
Additional Education - Digital Inclusion | 0.311 |
Additional Education - Home Learning Support Fund | 0.304 |
Winter Hardship £100 Payments & Admin | 0.560 |
January Free School Meals Provision | 0.307 |
Estimated UKG Consequentials - Lost Income Scheme | 4.688 |
General Covid Funding | 7.206 |
Additional Free School Meals - Dec/Jan Holidays | 0.288 |
Additional Funding for Free School Meal Provision up to 26 February | 0.254 |
Parental Employability Support Fund Boost | 0.153 |
Teacher/Support Staff and Teacher Workforce | 1.512 |
Additional Free School Meals - Easter | 0.186 |
COVID Spring Hardship Payment | 0.649 |
Tackling Financial Insecurity over Winter | 0.809 |
Increase - Tackling Financial Insecurity over Winter | 0.745 |
Flexible Fund to Support People Impacted by Protection Level Restrictions | 0.834 |
Additional Education Recovery Funding | 1.714 |
Test & Protect Extension | 0.066 |
Discretionary Fund | 1.892 |
2020-21 Total | 34.668 |
2021-22 Non Recurring COVID Consequentials | 7.173 |