Whether it will provide a breakdown on how funding from the (a) Fair Food Fund and (b) Fair Food Transformation Fund was spent in each year…

(a) Table 1: Total spending from the Fair Food Fund by year from 2016-17 to 2018-19:

Year
Spend
2016-17
£991,000
2017-18
£1,010,000
2018-19
£1,589,916
The breakdown of this spend is detailed in Table 2:
Table 2: Breakdown of spending from the Fair Food Fund by year from 2016-17 to 2018-19:
Year
Recipient of funding
Spend*
2016-17
Fair Food Transformation Fund
£508,000
Fareshare (distribution of surplus food to community members)
£250,000
Centrestage (Dignified Food Provision Project)
£200,000
Meal Makers (to reduce food poverty and malnutrition, improve diets and combat social isolation among older people)
£20,000
Emergency Food Fund transition (small awards to projects funded under the Emergency Food Fund)
£9,000
Evaluation Support Scotland (evaluation of Dignified Food Provision Project)
£4,000
2017-18
Fair Food Transformation Fund
£743,000
Fareshare (distribution of surplus food to community members)
£200,000
Cash for Kids (Christmas holiday food provision to children)
£40,000
Rocket Science (Evaluation of FFTF)
£27,000
2018-19
Fair Food Transformation Fund
£738,712
Fareshare (distribution of surplus food to community members, trial of community pantry models)
£250,000
Centrestage (Dignified Food Provision Project)
£50,000
Rocket Science (Evaluation of FFTF)
£6,000
Tackling food insecurity during school holidays**
£492,745
Nourish Scotland (Dignity Project)
£52,459
*2018-2019 refers to total amount granted as final spend figures will not be available until after 31 March 2018
**18 third sector organisations received grants to provide food and activities to children and young people throughout the school holidays
(b) Table 3: Breakdown of spending from the Fair Food Transformation Fund by year from 2016-17 to 2018-19. All recipients of FFTF grants are organisations working to reduce food insecurity in dignified ways. The supported projects span a range of activities that offer food as part of wider activities and services, provide or refer people to wider income advice, and provide opportunities to participate or develop new skills...
Year
Recipient of funding
Spend
2016-17
29 third sector organisations
£508,000
2017-18
34 third sector organisations
£743,000
2018-19
32 third sector organisations
£738,712