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I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-24394 on 19 January 2024 which outlined the objectives of the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) programme and covers the 2019 period. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

The Scottish Government has provided no direct funding to the Al-Mahdi Foundation beyond the Climate Challenge Fund projects.

The Scottish Government has not provided funding to the Rhoda Nina Scott Trust since 2019.

The Scottish Government has not provided funding to Irvine Burns Club since 2019.

The Scottish Government has not provided any funding directly to Family Mediation West from 2019.

Relationships Scotland operate a network of 21 Member Services across Scotland, including Family Mediation West.

Since 2016, the Scottish Government has provided Relationships Scotland with core funding via the Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention and Adult Learning & Empowering Communities third sector fund, which will continue until March 2025.

Since 2020, the Scottish Government has provided Relationships Scotland with grant funding to provide child contact services.

Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council received funding from the Scottish Government’s Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund (PECF) during 2017-2021. High-level PCEF outcomes are set out in Grant Offer Letters, and are as follows:

• A reduction in discrimination against people who share protected characteristics
• Reduced levels of hate crime
• Increased community participation, engagement and community cohesion
• Addressing imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life

Impact Funding Partners (formerly named as The Voluntary Action Fund) were the fund managers for PECF, acting on behalf of the Scottish Government. The fund manager engaged with organisations directly to agree on workplans and set specific objectives and outcomes.

As the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) was delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful on behalf of the Scottish Government, we do not hold the grant offer letter that details the specific outputs and outcomes for the Al-Mahdi Foundation’s 2018-2020 project.

However to be eligible all projects had to meet all four of the CCF’s key criteria; specific outputs and outcomes were designed around these:

• Community- Your community must be at the heart of the decision-making process of the project. Community demand for the project must be clearly demonstrated and projects must be designed and delivered by communities. Applicants should show how they will work in partnership with other local organisations that are engaged in similar or related work.
• Improved Climate Literacy - The project must deliver increased awareness and understanding of climate change and enable the community to make informed choices to reduce its impact on climate change.
• Carbon (CO2e) Reduction - The project must lead to a measurable reduction in local carbon emissions through the activities it delivers.
• Sustainable Legacy - The project must deliver a low carbon legacy, with outcomes and/or behaviours that continue after the project is completed.

Information has been shared in response to similar questions many times (at least annually) since Roseanna Cunningham answered on 15 August 2017, most recently in response to Willie Rennie MSP on 9 November 2023.

Local authorities are responsible for the development and delivery of flood protection schemes. The 2015-2021 Flood Risk Management Strategies included 42 formal flood protection schemes. Local authorities were expected to start work on development of these schemes by 2021.

Flood protection schemes can have significant impacts on individuals, communities and the environment, and so require careful and detailed planning and consultation, it was recognised that construction work may not be completed within the 2015-2021 timeframe.

15 of the flood schemes have now been completed.

Schemes (a) under construction are as follows:

Of the people convicted for homicide (Murder or Culpable homicide) between the years 2017-18 and 2021-22, with 2021-22 being the most recent year for which data are available, none of them received a main penalty of (a) Sheriff Court fine, (b) Justice of the Peace Court fine, (c) fiscal fine, (d) fiscal compensation order, (e) fiscal combined offer.

(f) Police antisocial behaviour penalties are limited to certain antisocial behaviour offences as laid out in section 128 of the Antisocial Behaviour (S) Act 2004, of which homicide is not included.

The ‘Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2021-22’ statistical bulletin contains information on convictions and main penalty by crime type. Tables 3 and 7(a) in the Main Bulletin Tables can be found under supporting documents here: Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2021-22 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

No funding was provided by the Scottish Government directly to the Al-Mahdi Foundation in 2022.

Information has been shared in response to similar questions many times (at least annually) since Roseanna Cunningham answered on 15 August 2017, most recently in response to Willie Rennie MSP on 9 November 2023.

The following formal flood protection schemes are complete.