Question reference: S5W-36219
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 April 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the money that is to be allocated to hospices that have been impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic will be paid, and how much has been paid to date, broken down by hospice.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to supporting the vital role of Scottish Hospices. In June 2020, we provided £10.1m in emergency funding to hospices to meet in full their funding requests for loss of income during the first lockdown period.
On the 24 March 2021, we confirmed that an additional £16.9m will be provided to Scottish Hospices to fully meet their requests for support relating to loss of income during the most recent lockdown. As such, the total funding allocated to hospices to support their work during the pandemic in the financial year 2020-2021 is approximately £27m. The breakdown of payments can be viewed in the following table.
| Hospice | Amount paid in June 2020 | Amount paid in March 2021 |
| Accord | £396k | £540k |
| Ardgowan | £396k | £341k |
| Ayrshire | £792k | £972k |
| Bethesda | £99k | £257k |
| CHAS | £1,287k | £3,236k |
| Highland | £792k | £1,040k |
| Kilbryde | £320k | £741k |
| Marie Curie | £1,584k | £2,116k |
| P&PW | £1,089k | £544k |
| St Andrew's | £891k | £1,361k |
| St Columba's | £792k | £2,574k |
| St Margaret | £396k | £1,758k |
| St Vincent's | £297k | £233k |
| Strathcarron | £990k | £1,188k |
| Total | £10.1m | £16.9m |