Question reference: S6W-24910
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 29 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 February 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to The Poverty Alliance since 2019.
Answer
The Scottish Government has provided The Poverty Alliance with funding to support a number of initiatives aimed at ensuring that the insights of people who have lived experienced of poverty inform policy and delivery. This is in addition to funding for the Living Wage Scotland Accreditation and Recognition Project which aims to increase the number of workers in Scotland receiving a pay increase to the real Living Wage, increase the number of Living Hours accredited employers, support policy development and grow the Living Wage movement.
Additional payments were also made to procure the development of guidance, venue hire and catering, travel expenses and the delivery of workshops.
Due to the volume of information, full detail of objectives for grant funding from 2019 onwards has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre under Bib. number 64875.