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That is austerity in our schools, and it is being challenged by support from the Scottish Government in the form of extra funding for the school clothing grant and the £1 billion investment through the Scottish attainment challenge and funding to remove core curriculum charges.
You criticise this committee and Opposition members all the time for offering up extra expenditure without knowing where the money is coming from, and you have done exactly the same.
Local authorities also have the ability at the point of transfer to check whether the change in licence holder has resulted in changes to the accommodation. For example, if any extra furniture or electrical equipment has been added, they might request further information about compliance at that point.
Someone could improve their EPC by installing a gas boiler, which would obviously not align with the net zero policy, so we propose to add extra metrics on the fabric efficiency of the building and on emissions.
Back in 2015, in the Western Gateway area of Dundee, home owners were promised a school by the SNP council and they were paying an extra £5,000 per house on a roof tax to help pay for it.
She explained not only how the bill will promote cultural change, but how it provides “extra legal protection” for children and young people that is not currently available.
It is very difficult to see in the accounts how much of the salary increase on the previous year was due to extra employees or to pay. Is there a conflict between what you can pay your staff and what you can get in from the income that you raise from the public?