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HOLYROOD BACKS £16 MILLION FOR SOUTH LANARKSHIRE TO TACKLE COVID-19

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has welcomed a Scottish Parliament vote approving £15.6 million extra funding for South Lanarkshire Council in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Almost £258 million extra funding has been approved for vital local services across Scotland, such as food provision for those in need, education, and social care.

The Scottish Government is in discussions with local authorities over providing a further £72 million – which will bring the total additional funding to almost £330 million.

This extra funding is on top of the local government finance settlement of £11.4 billion, which already provided an increase of £589.4 million (5.8%) compared to the previous year.

Commenting, Clare Haughey MSP said:

“The pandemic has put real pressure on families and local services, and it’s right that the Scottish Government has ensured South Lanarkshire Council has more cash to deal with this.

“This funding boost is supporting access to food, welfare payments, and frontline services.

“I also welcome the additional flexibility given to councils in how money is spent, allowing resources to be diverted to the Covid-19 response if required.”

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Notes:

	Associated with COVID 19	Local Authority Hardship Fund	Scottish Welfare Fund Top Up	Food Fund	Registrars of Death	Total
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
Aberdeen City	5.448	1.758	0.596	0.802	0.025	8.629
Aberdeenshire	7.452	2.404	0.497	1.023	0.029	11.405
Angus	3.372	1.088	0.383	0.602	0.013	5.458
Argyll & Bute	2.776	0.895	0.293	0.44	0.009	4.413
Clackmannanshire	1.444	0.465	0.243	0.312	0.006	2.47
Dumfries & Galloway	4.588	1.48	0.579	0.89	0.016	7.553
Dundee City	4.308	1.389	0.809	1.152	0.016	7.674
East Ayrshire	3.532	1.139	0.631	0.838	0.013	6.153
East Dunbartonshire	3.228	1.042	0.251	0.436	0.012	4.969
East Lothian	2.992	0.965	0.334	0.447	0.012	4.75
East Renfrewshire	3.06	0.987	0.221	0.348	0.01	4.626
Edinburgh, City of	12.121	3.91	1.531	1.651	0.057	19.27
Eilean Siar	1.189	0.384	0.094	0.147	0.003	1.817
Falkirk	4.484	1.447	0.615	0.878	0.018	7.442
Fife	10.564	3.407	1.514	2.254	0.041	17.78
Glasgow City	17.348	5.596	4.076	4.799	0.069	31.888
Highland	7.356	2.373	0.738	1.199	0.026	11.692
Inverclyde	2.32	0.749	0.447	0.565	0.009	4.09
Midlothian	2.605	0.84	0.326	0.446	0.01	4.227
Moray	2.644	0.853	0.261	0.448	0.011	4.217
North Ayrshire	4.104	1.324	0.785	1.038	0.015	7.266
North Lanarkshire	9.864	3.181	1.744	2.114	0.038	16.941
Orkney	1.084	0.35	0.049	0.099	0.002	1.584
Perth & Kinross	4.272	1.378	0.41	0.621	0.017	6.698
Renfrewshire	5.06	1.632	0.782	1.063	0.02	8.557
Scottish Borders	3.408	1.1	0.365	0.576	0.013	5.462
Shetland	1.204	0.388	0.044	0.104	0.003	1.743
South Ayrshire	3.264	1.053	0.474	0.625	0.012	5.428
South Lanarkshire	9.233	2.978	1.389	1.937	0.035	15.572
Stirling	2.72	0.878	0.275	0.417	0.01	4.3
West Dunbartonshire	2.728	0.88	0.532	0.684	0.01	4.834
West Lothian	5.228	1.687	0.712	1.045	0.02	8.692
Scotland	155	50	22	30	0.6	257.6

Date published: 24th June 2020