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Dean Lockhart: To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary, which states that Scotland has a weak export performance that remains a concern and a key challenge.
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The most significant concern was the lack of commitment to making any of the procedures or outputs of the new approach available for public scrutiny, unlike the NAPCP.
Funding of up to £2 million was allocated in the Scottish Budget 2025-26 to deliver the pilot which utilises the existing concessionary travel infrastructure, providing each eligible applicant with a temporary National Entitlement Card to allow them to travel by bus across Scotland in a similar way as under the Older and Disabled Persons and Young Persons S...
We also note the recent announcement that the UK Government intends to make its Autumn Statement on 26 November. As you will be aware, the scheduling of this Statement late in the year significantly impacts on the timetable for producing the Scottish Budget and the time available for important scrutiny by this Committee and the wider Scottish Parliament.
On the matter of wider support for primary care, the 2025-26 Scottish Budget includes over £2.2bn in resource funding for primary care, aiming to improve capacity, patient access, and reduce demand on acute services.
We have made the strategic decision to support this key activity through an additional drawdown of ScotWind revenue totalling £25 million, to add to the £7.8 million in our budget for 2025-26. Altogether, the Scottish Government – with a finite budget – has committed or already invested £87 million in Grangemouth.