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Local stakeholders in Orkney have expressed the view that the marine planning policy is particularly top down, and there is a relatively narrow set of issues that local people can influence through regional marine planning.
Whilst these commitments can have an effect on the funding available to local authorities to deliver core services, this briefing looks purely at the top-line settlement figures, and does not address the impacts of policy commitments.
In the 1980s, the red book approach was not used—the approach was the red book plus 6 per cent. On top of that, a specific grant scheme provided additional teachers.
In the interests of making progress towards that overall goal, which should be our top priority, we must proceed according to your proposition and park the general issues to one side.
If that is not available through the national health service, they want to be able to buy it in from the private sector. That is quite understandable and I have some sympathy for that position.
We have agreed with the committee for some time that there is a need to focus much more on outcome budgeting and concentrate on what the money buys rather than just the volume of money.