Downs Syndrome registered charity payments: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

The date and value of any/all payments and/or grants made to the following charities from 1 January 2020 to the present day by any department of the Scottish Government.

Please include details of what any monies were paid for - e.g., to provide a particular service, to cover a particular expense, etc.

  • Down's Syndrome Association registered charity number 1061474.
  • Down Syndrome International registered charity number 1091843.
  • Down's Syndrome Scotland registered charity number SC011012.

Response

The information you have requested is listed in the table below, and reflects the annual core grant given to Down's Syndrome Scotland (DSS) plus additional funding related to Equalities, COVID activity and support for the consultation on a Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill.

Payment Date

Payment Amount

SG Unit

Description

09-Apr-20

£280,000.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Downs Syndrome Scotland 2021/22 Grant

11-Nov-20

£4,715.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Downs Syndrome Scotland - responding to and supporting the change of policy consultation

06-Jan-21

£30,044.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Downs Syndrome Scotland - Reducing Social Isolation During the Winter

11-Mar-21

£15,000.00

Equalities, Inclusion and Development.

Equality Budget Funding - Downs Syndrome Scotland - Winter funding

17-Mar-21

£63,254.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Down Syndrome Scotland - COVID response support for unpaid carers and family support

26-Apr-21

£280,000.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Down's Syndrome Scotland - Delivery of DSS Strategy 2021/22 Grant

30-Aug-22

£247,500.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Down's Syndrome Scotland - Delivery of DSS Strategy - April 2022 to December 2022

13-Feb-23

£82,500.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Delivery of DSS Strategy Quarter 4 Payment 22/23

21-Sep-23

£165,000.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Delivery of DSS Strategy Quarter 1 and 2, Payments 23/24

30-Nov-23

£15,000.00

Equality Inclusion and Development

Equality Budget Funding - Downs Syndrome Scotland - Winter funding - Feb-March

20-Dec-23

£82,500.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Delivery of DSS Strategy Quarter 3 Payment 23/24

20-Dec-23

£7,500.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Support for the Learning disabilities and Neurodiversity Bill

31-Jan-24

£3,755.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Support for the Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity Bill

6 – Mar-24

£82500.00

Autism & Learning Disabilities Unit

Delivery of DSS Strategy Quarter 4 Payment 23/24

Additionally, you may also wish to note that information on payments over £25,000 made by the Scottish government ate available from https://www.gov.scot/collections/government-spend-over-gbp25000-monthly-reports/. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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