Question reference: S6W-24675
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 23 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 February 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23223 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 December 2023, in light of its commitment to issue notifications of funding arrangements to third sector organisations no later than the end of March for funding beginning on 1 April, what processes it plans to put in place in relation to third sector funding in 2024 to ensure that this commitment is met.
Answer
As I said to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 25 January, we are absolutely committed to pursuing our commitments to Fairer Funding for the third sector through the 2024-25 budget process. This includes providing early notification of grants to organisations as soon as is practically possible and before the end March 2024 for funding beginning on 1 April.
The budget process is still ongoing. I will provide a further update to parliament on the implementation of this commitment after the end March 2024.