Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many organisations headquartered (a) in Scotland and (b) elsewhere in the UK have (i) applied for and (ii) been awarded funding through the UK Aid Match Scheme in each year since that scheme was introduced.
The number of applications for each year of the scheme is presented in the table below and separated by headquarter location.
Round / Year | Headquarter of Organisation | Applied | Successful |
Pilot: 2011-12 | Scotland | 0 | 0 |
Elsewhere in the UK | 18 | 18 | |
Interim: 2013 | Scotland | 1 | 0 |
Elsewhere in the UK | 16 | 6 | |
Round 1: 2013 | Scotland | 0 | 0 |
Elsewhere in the UK | 31 | 11 | |
Round 2: 2014 | Scotland | 2 | 2 |
Elsewhere in the UK | 39 | 12 | |
Round 3: 2014 | Scotland | 2 | 0 |
Elsewhere in the UK | 28 | 9 | |
Round 4: 2015 | Scotland | 3 | TBC |
Elsewhere in the UK | 38 | TBC |
To increase awareness and encourage applications from organisations headquartered in Scotland, DFID and NIDOS (the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) ran a workshop for NIDOS members interested in applying for UK Aid Match funding in Glasgow on 21 May 2014. In addition, a ‘DFID Direct’ event, sharing information on DFID funding schemes for civil society organisations, was held in Glasgow with the Minister of State for International Development, Desmond Swayne MP, on 26 February 2015.