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.
Answered on
27 April 2017
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.
Financial Year | £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 |