Oversight carried out on just transition funding to Scottish Trade Unions Congress: FOI release

Information requested

Information on what oversight and/or auditing the Scottish Government carried out on the £100k annual funding to the STUC to support just transition capacity within the trade union movement to verify that the grant money was spent on the intended purpose.

Response

The answer to your question is:

Since 2022, Scottish Government has provided an £100,000 annual grant to the STUC support just transition capacity within the trade union movement.

The grant is managed in line with the Scottish Government grant management principles set out in the Scottish Public Finance Manual - gov.scot

The programme of work to delivered under the grant is agreed annually with STUC. This establishes how the grant funding will contribute to our objectives of building capacity and engaging with workers on the Just Transition. Delivery of the grant is monitored through a review process in which STUC regularly report on and provide evidence against these deliverables.

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