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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-33294

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: 15 January 2025
  • Current status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 January 2025

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to neighbourhood watch schemes in each year since 1999.


Answer

The Scottish Government has provided £1.19m to Neighbourhood Watch Scotland since 2014.

A breakdown of funding per financial year is provided in the following table.

Financial Year

Total

2024-25

£ 105,000.00

2023-24

£ 140,000.00

2022-23

£ 140,000.00

2021-22

£ 118,000.00

2020-21

£ 107,000.00

2019-20

£ 115,000.00

2018-19

£ 115,000.00

2017-18

£ 103,725.00

2016-17

£ 103,725.00

2015-16

£ 103,725.00

2014-15

£ 40,758.83

Grand Total

£1,191,933.83

Information on funding provided to Neighbourhood Watch Scotland prior to 2014 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost and has therefore not been provided.