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The Government is supporting record capital funding “ some £2 billion over the two years 2008-10 “ to improve Scotland''s infrastructure, including schools and we are on track to lift 100,000 pupils out of crumbling schools and into modern, new classrooms during the lifetime of this Parliament.
Local authorities are already adopting imaginative solutions to increase access to Higher and Advanced Higher courses, including developing collaborative arrangements between schools and with other establishments, and using new technology such as SCHOLAR and Glow.
We also recognise the importance of assuring scientific objectivity and credibility within the new arrangements and, to that end, will be appointing a panel of independent experts to a Science Advisory Board to assure the quality and independence of science.
The Scottish Government''s householder and community renewables support programmes will run as two separate initiatives from April 2009. The new scheme for householders will be the Energy Saving Scotland home renewables “ grants.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis the cost of the Forth Replacement Crossing was previously estimated by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change to be £4 billion and on what basis this was later reduced to £2 billion. The new estimate of £1.7 billion to £2.3 billion is based on the same elements as the previous estimate of £...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 January 2009
I recently met with Lord Stephen Carter, the new UK Government Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting and public service broadcasting was one of the issues discussed.