Question reference: S6W-26754
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 May 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided for the Independent Living Fund in the last five years; what the fund's budget will be for 2024-25, and what it anticipates that the fund's budget will be for 2025-26.
Answer
The following table shows the resource funding allocated by SG to ILF Scotland annually over the last five years. Resource budget for ILF in 2024-25 is £62,241k. Funding for 2025-26 will be agreed through the annual budget process.
Year | ILF Funding Allocation (£k) |
2019-20 | 46,101 |
2020-21 | 49,923 |
2021-22 | 47,740 |
2022-23 | 47,724 |
2023-24 | 50,276* |
*subject to year-end review and audit