Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S4W-22443 · Session 4

What projects supporting deaf and hard of hearing adults and children it has funded in each of the last three years.

Answered Asked by Siobhan McMahon Lab Lodged 20 Aug 2014

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what projects supporting deaf and hard of hearing adults and children it has funded in each of the last three years.

The answer

Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 Sep 2014 · 22 days after it was lodged, on time

The Scottish Government has funded the projects detailed in tables 1-3 for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, that assist deaf and hard of hearing adults and children. In addition the government allocated £1 million in each of the two years 2013-14 and 2014-15 to implement See Hear, the national sensory impairment strategy.
It should be noted however that many projects are designed to assist people with sensory impairment and so may also include elements designed to improve the quality of life for people who are blind, partially sighted or who have dual sensory impairment.
Table 1
- 2011-12
Organization
Allocation
Project
Forth Valley Sensory Centre
£26,000.00

North East Sensory Services
£100,000.00
Aberdeen City one stop shop
Hearing Link
£100,000.00
Taking forward lip-reading policy
Hearing Link
£10,000.00
Intensive rehabilitation course
Forth Valley Sensory Centre
£195,000.00
Prevention strategies
Borders one stop shop
£120,000.00
Sensory champion and prevention project
Glasgow Sensory Centre
£75,000.00
Independence, re-enablement and inclusion
Deafblind Scotland
£99,826.00
Develop links for deaf-blind people
North East Sensory Services
£2,000.00
Lip-reading course and tutors
Deaflinks
£30,000.00
Advocacy worker in Tayside
Scottish Sensory Centre
£150,000.00
Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments.
TOTAL
£907,826.00

Table 2
- 2012-13
Organization
Allocation
Project
Sight Action
£200,000.00
Highland one stop shop
RNIB Scotland
£200,000.00
Lothian one stop shop
RNIB Scotland
£226,996.00
Ayrshire one stop shop
Hearing Link
£10,100.00
Acquired deafness course
SCTTL
£40,000.00
Lip-reading tutor course
Sign Language Interpretation
£180.00
Cancellation of interpreters
British Deaf Association
£3,400.00
1-to-1 consultation
Visibility
£254,641.60
Dumfries and Galloway one stop shop
Action on Hearing Loss/Deaf Links
£30,717.00
Tayside Enhanced volunteers
SCTTL
£14,310.00
Lip-reading tutor course
NHS Lanarkshire
£10,000.00
National record of deaf children work
Hearing Link
£15,400.00
Rehabilitation course
SCTTL
£2,770.00
Lip-reading tutor database
Action on Hearing Loss
£42,000.00
Lip-reading tutor mapping
Scottish Sensory Centre
£150,000.00
Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments.
TOTAL
£1,200,514.60

Table 3
- 2013-14
Organization
Allocation
Project
Deaf Links
£40,000.00
Tayside one stop service advocacy worker
Visibility
£181,420.50
Dumfries and Galloway one stop shop
Sensory Impairment Support Group (Ayrshire)
£30,000.00
Ayrshire one stop shop
Hearing Link
£13,400.00
Rehabilitation course
NHS Lanarkshire
£8,000.00
Audiology outcomes workshop
Scottish Council on Deafness (SCOD)
£30,000.00
SCOD strategic positioning
Scottish Sensory Centre
£150,000.00
Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments.
TOTAL
£452,820.50

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-22443 by reference.