Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-13016

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 8 December 2022
Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 December 2022

Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12330 by John Swinney on 5 December 2022, whether it will provide the current budget allocations for the groups and sub-groups named.

Answer

The groups and sub-groups named in response to S6W-12330 that have an allocated budget are:

Scottish Cities Alliance Leadership Group - £196,000 per annum (this is the Scottish Government’s portion of the funding for the Scottish Cities Alliance)
Scottish City Region and Growth Deal Delivery Board - £261m for 2022-23
Scottish Taskforce for Green and Sustainable Financial Services - £300,000 per annum for three years (2021-24)

Further to this, as indicated in the response to S6W-13018 on 22 December 2022, some further groups have been identified following the response to S6W-12330. Of these additional groups, one has an allocated budget:

Fair Work Convention - £500,000 per annum (the Fair Work Convention are independent, but secretariat support is provided by the Scottish Government)

The other groups and sub-groups named in the previous response do not have allocated budgets. Any incidental costs associated with the running of these groups are covered by the relevant departments’ budgets.

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