Question reference: S5W-35783
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 5 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its announcement on 17 November 2020 regarding the allocation of £30 million to local authorities for the establishment of a Discretionary Fund, when it will publish a breakdown by local authority of the (a) number of grant applications (i) made, (ii) approved and (iii) declined and (b) value of payments made to date from the original £30 million fund.
Answer
The Scottish Government regularly publishes statistics and management information relating to its Covid-19 business grants on its website. The latest publication that includes details of the Discretionary Fund was published on 10 March 2021.