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His response isas follows:Over 7,000 centralheating systems have been installed since April 2007 and additional resources toinstall around 1,500 extra systems has been provided on top of the 12,000 installationsprogrammed for this financial year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2007
Examples include funding for an extra300 teachers in our schools and 250 teacher training places and £40 million of additionalinvestment in the fabric of Scotland’s schools.There has been oneaddition to the budget since May 2007: the extra £100 million of capital fundingfor universities and colleges across Scotland announced on26 October 2007.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 October 2007
However, providing suitable rolling stock can be sourced, proposalsto introduce an additional semi-fast service on this route are being taken forward.This will reduce end-to-end journey times to approximately 67 minutes and deliveraround 200 extra seats an hour. S3W-04810
The previous Liberal Democrat and Labour Administration provided funds to Grampian Police to recruit an extra 138 police officers. Another 93 police officers are to be recruited by 2011, but only 48 will be provided as part of the Scottish National Party Government's funding for an additional 500 officers throughout Scotland.
As well as announcing funding for an extra 300 teachers and for 250 more teacher-training places from August, we have allocated an additional £40 million in capital funding for school buildings to enable councils to plan investment.
That general price trend seems to be holding up right across Scotland.Even with last summer's weather, the final estimate for the 2008 cereal harvest shows a 12.4 per cent increase in prices on 2007. That alone means an extra £34 million for wheat producers and an extra £20 million for barley producers.The state of the exchange rate resulted in a windfall of an extra £50 million in Scottish single farm payments.