Question reference: S5W-34045
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what additional sources of funding are available to charities that are working to provide support to the hospitality sector and those who work within it during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
In March, in response to coronavirus, the Scottish Government announced a £350 million emergency package for communities. Before opening the current £40 million Community and Third Sector Recovery Programme (CTSRP), the Scottish Government had already awarded over £22 million in grants to 1,349 organisations through the Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF).
More information on current support is available at Community & Third Sector Recovery Programme – SCVO
We have provided significant support to the hospitality sector since the start of the pandemic, including 100% rates relief and grants for both closed and impacted businesses at various intervals across the different periods of disruption. Our overall business support package exceeds £2.3 billion.
We are doing all we can with the powers at our disposal and continue to look at ways to further help the sector within available resources. We have announced a further £185 million to help impacted businesses through the winter and are developing details of this with industry, including the hospitality sector.