Question reference: S5W-33692
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 3 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government. further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport on 28 April 2020 (Official Report, c.18), whether the Treasury provided an updated final consequential funding figure associated with the announcement of funding for hospice work and, if so, what this was and whether it has been allocated.
Answer
On the 8 April the UK Government announced a support package of £750m to support front line community support charities during the COVID-19 outbreak. £360m of this fund was set aside to provide direct support to key organisations that deliver health and social care services which included an estimated £200m for hospices.
As the consequential funding associated with hospices has been included as part of a larger funding package, to date, the UK Treasury has not been able to advise on a final consequential funding figure specifically for hospices.
£10.1m was provided to Scottish Hospices earlier this year to meet in full their funding requests for loss of income in the first financial quarter of 2020.