Question reference: S5W-36059
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-35373 by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2021, what information it has regarding how much (a) Victim Support Scotland and (b) Rape Crisis Scotland spent on work in the locations referred to.
Answer
In answer to part (a) we do not hold this information. Victim Support Scotland have the flexibility to decide how to allocate their grant funding in order to meet their agreed objectives.
In answer to part (b) in 2020-21, we have provided grant funding to Rape Crisis Scotland to support the National Advocacy Project. This included funding for a projected spend of £40,000 in Aberdeen and £72,000 in Dundee Rape Crisis Centres, to ensure appropriate provision of advocacy workers in these areas. We do not hold information on actual expenditure in these areas.