Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many services for children, young people and their families in each local authority area have received funding from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.
According to plans submitted by local authorities, the number of Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Services for children, young people and their families to have received funding in each local authority area is as follows:
2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | |
Aberdeen City | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aberdeenshire | 8 | 8 | 13 |
Angus | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Argyll and Bute | 6 | 7 | 6 |
City of Edinburgh | 24 | 29 | 29 |
Clackmannanshire | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Dundee City | 14 | 11 | 10 |
East Ayrshire | 9 | 3 | 7 |
East Dunbartonshire | 5 | 12 | 7 |
East Lothian | 6 | 2 | 1 |
East Renfrewshire | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Falkirk | 3 | 9 | 7 |
Fife | 19 | 12 | 8 |
Glasgow City | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Highland | 9 | 14 | 62 |
Inverclyde | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Midlothian | 12 | 6 | 3 |
Moray | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 3 | 4 | 6 |
North Ayrshire | 14 | 8 | 8 |
North Lanarkshire | 9 | 11 | 10 |
Orkney Islands | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Perth and Kinross | 4 | 13 | 21 |
Renfrewshire | 11 | 8 | 6 |
Scottish Borders | 5 | 10 | 15 |
Shetland Islands | 3 | 3 | 2 |
South Ayrshire | 6 | 16 | 15 |
South Lanarkshire | 9 | 12 | 12 |
Stirling | 8 | 17 | 7 |
West Dunbartonshire | 3 | 5 | 2 |
West Lothian | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Total | 235 | 273 | 311 |
As local authorities decide which supports and services to implement on the basis of locally-identified need in line with the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Services Framework, some areas have used the funding to establish one larger hub-based service while others have commissioned a range of smaller supports.