Written Question · S3W-28672 · Session 3
What resources it has allocated to improving the position of Gypsy/Travellers in line with the commitment set out in its December 2008 Race…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it has allocated to improving the position of Gypsy/Travellers in line with the commitment set out in its December 2008 Race Equality Statement.
The answer
The following table sets out resources committed to projects taking forward the commitments made in the Race Equality Statement.
Race Statement Commitment
| Amount Allocated
| Date
| Project
To develop and implement an education strategy for Gypsies/Travellers.
| £125,000
| 2009-11
| The Scottish Traveller Education Project
e-learning community for Scotland''s Gypsy/Traveller children.
Meeting the accommodation needs of Gypsies/Travellers through providing direct support to local authorities to develop Gypsy/Traveller transit sites.
| £81,375
| 2008-11
| £2 million over 2008-10 was made available to local authorities seeking to improve existing sites or create new transit sites. Only one local authority submitted a bid for a transit site. The Scottish Government provided £81,375 to support South Ayrshire Council to develop a new transit site in Ayr. An issue has arisen with the transit site location and we are currently considering how to support South Ayrshire Council and other local authorities to meet transit site need in their areas.
To support community development work with the Gypsies/Travellers communities, aimed at laying the ground work for the eventual emergence of representative bodies for the communities.
| £30,000
| 2007-09
| Hilton Associates community development project has been funded to work with Gypsy/Traveller groups to help in building capabilities within the community.
To develop further engagement work with young Gypsies/Travellers.
| £125,500
| 2009-11
| Article 12 will work with a group of 30 young Gypsies/Travellers to develop key personal and life skills which will allow them to achieve their fullest potential and maximise their skills. Gypsies/Travellers are disadvantaged by the relative absence of community-led groups or associations, the project could provide the opportunity for the youths of the community to form such a group without previous prejudice becoming a problem.
Race Statement Commitment
| Amount Allocated
| Date
| Project
To develop and implement an education strategy for Gypsies/Travellers.
| £125,000
| 2009-11
| The Scottish Traveller Education Project
e-learning community for Scotland''s Gypsy/Traveller children.
Meeting the accommodation needs of Gypsies/Travellers through providing direct support to local authorities to develop Gypsy/Traveller transit sites.
| £81,375
| 2008-11
| £2 million over 2008-10 was made available to local authorities seeking to improve existing sites or create new transit sites. Only one local authority submitted a bid for a transit site. The Scottish Government provided £81,375 to support South Ayrshire Council to develop a new transit site in Ayr. An issue has arisen with the transit site location and we are currently considering how to support South Ayrshire Council and other local authorities to meet transit site need in their areas.
To support community development work with the Gypsies/Travellers communities, aimed at laying the ground work for the eventual emergence of representative bodies for the communities.
| £30,000
| 2007-09
| Hilton Associates community development project has been funded to work with Gypsy/Traveller groups to help in building capabilities within the community.
To develop further engagement work with young Gypsies/Travellers.
| £125,500
| 2009-11
| Article 12 will work with a group of 30 young Gypsies/Travellers to develop key personal and life skills which will allow them to achieve their fullest potential and maximise their skills. Gypsies/Travellers are disadvantaged by the relative absence of community-led groups or associations, the project could provide the opportunity for the youths of the community to form such a group without previous prejudice becoming a problem.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-28672 by reference.