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Our national agency for sport, sportscotland, invested £80 million in the programme over the period 2007 to 2015, with up to another £50 million planned in the period 2015 to 2019. S5O-00967
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 April 2017
I last met with Director-General Tony Hall on 23 February, where I welcomed the BBC’s plans to launch a new Scottish channel, increase funding and create 80 new journalism jobs, as a step in the right direction. S5O-00884
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 March 2017
Also involved in the Scottish Apprenticeship Week activities were schools, employers, apprentices, colleges, councils and training providers. S5O-00843
The Scottish Land Commission (including the Tenant Farming Commissioner) will formally start work from 1 April and I understand that it will consider how best to provide for the conduct of agents in consideration of its work priorities. S5O-00760
This funding is on top of the existing £50m Attainment Scotland Funding that will continue to provide targeted support to specific Scottish Attainment Challenge authorities and schools in the communities with high levels of deprivation as well as a number of national programmes. S5O-00746
This builds on the success of last year’s 'Inspiring Teachers' campaign which helped drive an increase in PGDE applications to Scottish universities. S5O-00726
The rural economy hub is an early stage internal mechanism to strengthen these links across government and to coordinate Scottish Government policy interventions into a single coherent framework that maximises impact on the rural economy. S5O-00709
As part of this support, the National Park Authority will be reviewing the piers and infrastructure around Loch Lomond to see how best to accommodate the Maid of the Loch in the future. S5O-00707
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 February 2017
Those discussions have involved: CITB, COSLA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Royal Society for Chemistry, FMB, Balfour Beattie, OPITO, Colleges Scotland, Scottish Gas Centrica, SecuriGroup and the CBI to name but a few. S5O-00698
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 February 2017
Scottish Futures Trust has written to all local authorities in Scotland inviting them to submit proposals to replace the two pilots not being taken forward and will work with my officials to identify which of the proposals submitted will be taken forward as a pilot. S5O-00657