Question reference: S6W-26283
- Date lodged: 19 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government to which agricultural grants the new Fair Work conditionality in public sector grants will apply.
Answer
Scottish Ministers announced on 6 December 2022 that organisations applying for public sector grants awarded on or after 1 July 2023 will need to pay at least the real Living Wage and provide appropriate channels for effective workers’ voice.
It was agreed that the application of Fair Work conditionality would be implemented from 1 April 2024 to Agricultural grants that meet the criteria of the overall SG Fair Work Policy.
The five grant schemes listed below will have Fair Work conditionality added to the existing grant conditions
• Agri – Environment Climate Scheme (AECS),
• Crofting Agricultural Grants Scheme (CAGS),
• Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC),
• Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS), and
• Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS).
For CAGS and FGS Fair Work Conditionality will apply from 1 April 2024, for the three other schemes Fair Work Conditionality will be applied from the opening of the next application window for each scheme.