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One of the things that comes up when we go round councils—I am quite sure that it happens to the minister as well—is concern about hypothecation and challenge funding. On challenge funding, there is concern about the time and money that is spent by councils bidding for different funds.
It is up to local authorities to make the best use of the funds that are available to them through PPP schemes, the schools fund or the prudential borrowing regime.
I have heard similar reports about the project, whose aim is to make the curricula of higher education institutions more accessible. We fund the Scottish funding council, which funds the institutions.
In 2005, the Executive and the STUC developed a proposal that led to additional funding being provided for the creation of the STUC skills and lifelong learning team.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 October 2000
This is being used principally to fund a major investment in modern technology and changes in working practices, which will improve service delivery over the next two years.
Different parties—in particular, the Government in London and the Executive in Edinburgh—are funding Network Rail and want to ensure that the moneys that they provide to fund outputs are retained for the benefit of the networks in the respective countries.
Secondly, in talking about higher education funding we are talking not just about how many students we educate and in what subjects, but about investment in development and research in our higher education institutions.
I welcome the introduction of new and flexiblefunding arrangements. I am not sure how that funding will be allocated, but we would like to be in a position to apply for funding on behalf of our client group.