Question reference: S6W-10141
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 3 August 2022
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 August 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in the last 12 months to support the social enterprise sector.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s Social Enterprise Strategy was launched in 2016 and sets out a wide-ranging, ambitious and long-term programme to develop the potential of Scotland's social enterprise sector. The latest Social Enterprise Action Plan was published on 24 th March 2021 and covers the period 2021-24.
In 2021-22 we spent £7.1M in supporting social enterprise and expect to spend £6.6M in 2022-23. £15M was distributed through COVID support funds in 2021-22.
Funding is provided to third sector organisations, including social enterprises, from across Scottish Government portfolios and is not collated centrally.