Question reference: S6W-20917
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 30 August 2023
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Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 September 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the impact of the reported funding reduction of between £550,000 and £650,000 to the women's justice service, and specifically the reported reduction of capacity from 12 to eight beds in the Turning Point Scotland 218 service.
Answer
Decisions about the commissioning of individual community justice services, such as the 218 Service in Glasgow, are a matter for local authorities.
Community justice funding is primarily based on a local model, with the Scottish Government providing funding to local authorities which then provide or commission services according to local needs. Even where aspects of that funding are targeted at more specific needs, the commissioning and management of those services - including any re-tendering exercises - is a matter for the relevant local authority.
The Scottish Government has not reduced the overall funding available for community justice services across Scotland nor asked local authorities to reduce any specific funding within that.