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We need to ensure that we receive best value for that funding, so I am firmly of the opinion that ministers need to be satisfied that any reconfiguration is in the taxpayers' best interests.
It might be interesting to dip in and out from time to time. The next item on the agenda is a visit by the Public Accounts Committee of the New South Wales Parliament.
The trial has been funded by Government to the tune of the best part of £10 million. As well as smart metering, a number of other new technologies have come along recently that enable people to measure their energy usage in real time.
At the moment, however, the way in which community education is inspected is based on principles of best value. Best value concerns, for the most part, measurable and comparable things.
The amount of money has not been finalised, because the committee that is considering the new community schools is discussing how best to deliver the roll-out.
Community health partnerships will build on the best of local health care co-operatives by working with local communities to identify needs and to design services in new ways to meet those needs.
Is the minister aware that in the latest swingeing cuts by Scottish Borders Council, the core funding of the Gala Youth Project in Galashiels—£60,000—will go as at 31 March?
The public internet access point initiative, to which I referred in my earlier reply, offers the opportunity to establish 1,000 new venues throughout Scotland where people can get cheap, easy access to the web and all its services.