Ministry of Defence written question – answered am ar 27 Ebrill 2017.
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (Trade and Investment)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding from the public purse was for charities which support veterans in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Mark Lancaster
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
The Ministry of Defence holds information on grants made to units and charities undertaking projects with, for, and including veterans in Scotland from Legacy Funds, the Covenant Fund and the Aged Veterans Fund for the years 2012-13 to 2016-17, as broken down below.
£30 million Community Covenant Grant Scheme | £35 million Armed Forces Libor Fund | Aged Veteran's Fund | Covenant Fund | Veterans Accommodation Fund | Grand Total | |
2012-13 | £5,171,422 | £240,236 | £5,411,658 | |||
2013-14 | £975,587 | £204,000 | £1,179,587 | |||
2014-15 | £967,869 | £110,000 | £1,101,190 | £2,179,059 | ||
2015-16 | £1,139,118 | £1,139,118 | ||||
2016-17 | £3,981,756 | £692,982 | £4,674,738 | |||
Total | £7,114,878 | £554,236 | £3,981,756 | £1,832,100 | £1,101,190 | £14,584,160 |
Yes1 person thinks so
No2 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.
