How the Gypsy/Traveller site improvement grant has made a difference to the accommodation needs of Gypsies/Travellers.

Answered Asked by Linda Fabiani SNP Lodged 16 Feb 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how the Gypsy/Traveller site improvement grant has made a difference to the accommodation needs of Gypsies/Travellers.

The answer

Answered by Rhona Brankin on 2 Mar 2007 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Award of the Gypsy/Travellersite improvement grant was on the basis of improvements to the quality of life andfacilities offered to site residents, identified by individual local authorities.The grant is being spent on a range of improvements including upgrading and modernisingwashing and cooking facilities, provision of community and children’s facilities,insulation and improvements to the general environment and site security.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-31845 by reference.