Question reference: S6W-04689
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 29 November 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 December 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial resource it has allocated to (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and (b) clean air awareness campaigns, in each year since 2016.
Answer
The Scottish Government provides baseline funding to NHS Boards, which Boards use to best meet the healthcare needs of their resident population. In addition, the Scottish Government has ensured that additional Covid related costs reported by Health Boards and Integration Authorities have been met in full, including £862 million allocated to date in 2021-22. Further allocations will be made over the course of the year to ensure that our health and care services continue to receive the support required to address pressures relating to the pandemic.
Detail on how this funding has been used to specifically support protecting people with pre-existing respiratory illnesses, such as COPD, would require to be requested from NHS Boards.
The Scottish Government has provided the following funding to support Clean Air Day each year since it started in 2017. Clean Air Day is a UK wide annual clean air awareness campaign run by the environmental charity Global Action Plan. Since 2018 in Scotland, Clean Air Day is run jointly by Global Action Plan and Environmental Protection Scotland, also an environmental charity.
Year | Global Action Plan | Environmental Protection Scotland | TOTAL |
2016 | - | - | - |
2017 | 55,800 | - | 55,800 |
2018 | 31,920 | 30,000 | 61,920 |
2019 | 26,950 | 50,919 | 77,869 |
2020 | 25,175 | 50,919 | 76,094 |
2021 | 25,175 | 56,950 | 82.125 |