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There is not a specific budget heading in the SRDP for new entrants, but we have a policy of supporting applications for new entrants to the general pot.
The Scottish Government has provided fee uplifts and grant funding that are much greater than what has been offered—it has not yet been accepted—in England and Wales. Combined with our latest offer to the profession, that totals 20.5 per cent since 2019.
One challenge that we have in the advocacy space is that a new advocacy body represents a failure of existing bodies, and it is not clear that a new body will succeed where all the others have not.
New Deal with Local Government We turn to agenda item 4, which is evidence on the new deal with local government that was agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA and published in June.
I will feed back to our next meeting on these visits, in particular in relation to the extent to which centres are geared up to provide one week’s residential outdoor education for children with complex additional support needs.