Dear Mr Bratt

This email is to acknowledge and respond to your freedom of information
request dated 17 December 2021.

Under section 14 of the Freedom of Information  (Scotland) Act 2002 I am
refusing your request.

This is a repeat  of the request you made on the 09 November 2021 and to
which we provided a response on 24 November 2021.

Yours sincerely

Ian Metcalfe

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Audit Scotland, 4th Floor, 102 West Port, Edinburgh EH3 9DN

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From: Dave Bratt - Voice for Justice UK
<[6][FOI #817088 email]>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2021 5:33 AM
To: BSS - Requests <[7][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Information about your funding
to Stonewall

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Dear Audit Scotland,

1. In respect of each of the years 2015-2021, please confirm what funding
has been provided to Stonewall by:

Audit Scotland

2. Please specify whether the funding in 1 above has been in the form of:
(a) direct grants for unlimited purposes;
(b) direct grants for limited purposes (in that event, stating the
purpose);
(c) payment for goods or services (specifying the relevant goods and
services).

3. Where the funding in 1 above has been by way of payment for goods or
services, please specify:
(a) what analysis has been conducted to ascertain whether these goods or
services meet contractual and/or legal requirements;
(b) what contractual or other recourse exists to reclaim in respect of
goods or services that are defective, substandard or delivered in
contravention of the law;
(c) what steps are being taken to seek recourse for any such contractual
or legal shortfalls.

4. In respect of the payments referred to in 1 above, please state:
(a) What criteria were applied in deciding to make payments by way of
direct grants;
(b) What tendering process was conducted with regard to provision of goods
or services;
(c) What alternative suppliers of goods or services were considered.

Yours faithfully,

Dave Bratt - Voice for Justice UK

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