How much it spends in total annually on the development and promotion of the Scots language, including grants to the Scots Language Society…

Answered Asked by Michael Russell SNP Lodged 14 Dec 1999

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spends in total annually on the development and promotion of the Scots language, including grants to the Scots Language Society, Scottish National Dictionary Association, Scots Language Resource Centre and other projects.

The answer

Answered by Sam Galbraith on 7 Feb 2000 · 55 days after it was lodged, 41 days after it was due

In 1999-2000 the grants to the Scottish National Dictionary Association, the Scots Language Resource Centre and the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue are £40,000, £23,500 and £49,000 respectively. No grant has been made to the Scots Language Society. Education Department guidelines dealing with the development and promotion of Scots do so in the context of the curriculum, and it is therefore not practicable to estimate the spending related to Scots.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-03293 by reference.