Soil Association and Food For Life funding: FOI release
- Published
- 10 November 2023
- Directorate
- Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
- Part of
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- 202300354893
- Date received
- 3 May 2023
- Date responded
- 19 May 2023
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
- How much funding has been given to soil association and food for life in this year and the past 3 years?
- Will the funding be given to them next year?
- A list of what councils are part of the scheme.
Response
1. For this financial year and the past 3 financial years, the Scottish Government has provided the Soil Association a total of £1,770,000 in funding for the Food for Life programme. A breakdown of funding for the relevant financial years is as follows:
| Financial Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2020/21 | £400,000 |
| 2021/22 | £400,000 |
| 2022/23 | £480,000 |
| 2023/24 | £490,000 |
| Total | £1,770,000 |
2. No decisions on future years funding have yet been taken
3. A list of councils participating in the Food for Life programme is publicly available on the Soil Association website and can be accessed via the following link:
Our award holders | Food For Life Served Here (soilassociation.org)
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
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