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As noted in my previous letter dated 6 July 2022, I have announced new and ambitious targets to eliminate long waits for planned care, that will require a strong focussed approach to successfully achieve them.
Over an initial five years, it will provide funding for and support innovative local approaches to tackling persistent vacant and derelict land and delivering new green infrastructure in support of our ambitions for a just transition to net zero.
Our £300 million Heat Network Fund launched in February 2022 is part of this new suite of delivery schemes. Additionally, our recently announced £1 million Heat in Buildings Development Funding Invitation, which is a forerunner to our Heat Networks Support Unit, provides resource funding to stimulate and accelerate the development of a pipeline of zero emis...
Covering climate action, addressing inequalities & accessibility, improving health & wellbeing and supporting sustainable and inclusive economic growth as well as improving safety & resilience of the strategic transport network. STPR2 provides a new transport investment plan, mainly infrastructure with complementary behavioural change recommendations.
The £300k includes funding to make temporary post permanent including the two posts mentioned above (£171k), increasing the FTE capacity in permanent roles (£20k) creating 4 new posts (£97k for 6 months) and IT and recruitment costs (£12k). 9.
What has worked well and what needs to be improved in terms of future funding approaches; including the extent to which the new and emerging, (multi government) landscape of economic development will enable effective use of public funds Both the Levelling up and the Community Renewal fund are competitive funds and whilst a competitive model might be more fl...
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No new framework agreements were published during the reporting period.
Those will be accompanied by updated economic and fiscal forecasts from the Scottish Fiscal Commission, which will take into account the latest economic and fiscal outlook from the OBR.