Humanitarian Emergency Fund costs: FOI release
- Published
- 29 December 2025
- Directorate
- Culture and External Affairs Directorate
- Topic
- International, Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202500481340
- Date received
- 21 August 2025
- Date responded
- 16 September 2025
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
You asked for the full costs of running the Humanitarian Emergency Fund from the last five (5) years with a breakdown per year.
Response
I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested.
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Humanitarian Emergency Fund Secretariat Costs |
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Year |
Date Paid |
Amount |
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2019-20 |
19 December 2019 |
£37,000 |
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2020-21 |
19 March 2021 |
£32,230 |
|
2021-22 |
15 February2022 |
£36,000 |
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2022-23 |
18 January 2023 |
£22,582 |
|
2023-24 |
18 March 2024 |
£22,600 |
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2024-25 |
12 March 2025 |
£15,160 |
You may, additionally, wish to look at the Humanitarian Emergency Fund (HEF) Annual Report 2024-2025 which also encompasses the cumulative total amount of funding channelled through the HEF since 2017.
Please follow the link below: Humanitarian Emergency Fund Annual Report 2024-2025 - gov.scot (https://www.gov.scot/publications/humanitarian-emergency-fund-annual-report-2024-2025/)
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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