Downs Syndrome registered charity payments: FOI release
- Published
- 9 May 2024
- Directorate
- Mental Health Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400402336
- Date received
- 1 March 2024
- Date responded
- 26 March 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
The date and value of any/all payments and/or grants made to the following charities from 1 January 2020 to the present day by any department of the Scottish Government.
Please include details of what any monies were paid for - e.g., to provide a particular service, to cover a particular expense, etc.
- Down's Syndrome Association registered charity number 1061474.
- Down Syndrome International registered charity number 1091843.
- Down's Syndrome Scotland registered charity number SC011012.
Response
The information you have requested is listed in the table below, and reflects the annual core grant given to Down's Syndrome Scotland (DSS) plus additional funding related to Equalities, COVID activity and support for the consultation on a Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill.
|
Payment Date |
Payment Amount |
SG Unit |
Description |
|
09-Apr-20 |
£280,000.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Downs Syndrome Scotland 2021/22 Grant |
|
11-Nov-20 |
£4,715.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Downs Syndrome Scotland - responding to and supporting the change of policy consultation |
|
06-Jan-21 |
£30,044.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Downs Syndrome Scotland - Reducing Social Isolation During the Winter |
|
11-Mar-21 |
£15,000.00 |
Equalities, Inclusion and Development. |
Equality Budget Funding - Downs Syndrome Scotland - Winter funding |
|
17-Mar-21 |
£63,254.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Down Syndrome Scotland - COVID response – support for unpaid carers and family support |
|
26-Apr-21 |
£280,000.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Down's Syndrome Scotland - Delivery of DSS Strategy 2021/22 Grant |
|
30-Aug-22 |
£247,500.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Down's Syndrome Scotland - Delivery of DSS Strategy - April 2022 to December 2022 |
|
13-Feb-23 |
£82,500.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Delivery of DSS Strategy – Quarter 4 Payment 22/23 |
|
21-Sep-23 |
£165,000.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Delivery of DSS Strategy – Quarter 1 and 2, Payments 23/24 |
|
30-Nov-23 |
£15,000.00 |
Equality Inclusion and Development |
Equality Budget Funding - Downs Syndrome Scotland - Winter funding - Feb-March |
|
20-Dec-23 |
£82,500.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Delivery of DSS Strategy – Quarter 3 Payment 23/24 |
|
20-Dec-23 |
£7,500.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Support for the Learning disabilities and Neurodiversity Bill |
|
31-Jan-24 |
£3,755.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Support for the Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity Bill |
|
6 – Mar-24 |
£82500.00 |
Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit |
Delivery of DSS Strategy – Quarter 4 Payment 23/24 |
Additionally, you may also wish to note that information on payments over £25,000 made by the Scottish government ate available from https://www.gov.scot/collections/government-spend-over-gbp25000-monthly-reports/. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
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Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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