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It is clear that, given thesignificant reduction in funding which Scotland will receive, there will be a need for cleartargeting on those key areas and activities and this will be undertaken at alater stage in programme development.
Scottish Executive funding for Scottish Development International is allocated in a block grant via Scottish Enterprise and there is no specific allocation made for any individual industry sector.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many scientists and technical support staff are employed on (a) basic and (b) applied research programmes funded by it and where these jobs are located.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 April 2004
In February revenue allocations were made which earmark funding for GPpremises. These show an increase of approximately 70% in recurring funding overa three-year period.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2001
Smartcard initiatives are being introduced across a number of local authorities in Scotland, including developments in Aberdeen, Angus, Argyll and Bute and Glasgow that are supported through the Modernising Government Fund.
That follows on from our continuing commitment to support NESTRANS in developing its strategy. That commitment was reinforced in March with the provision of a further £585,000 in match funding for development of the route and detailed studies on the western peripheral route.
Renewable Energy Projects (Funding) (PE615)Wind Farms(Planning and Environmental Procedures) (PE664) Item 5 on our agenda is consideration of public petitions.
People's Juries To ask the Scottish Executive why £1 million has been earmarked to support people's juries rather than the existing network of local community and voluntary groups and whether it has any plans to increase funding for such groups. (S1O-333) The Minister for Communities (Ms Wendy Alexander): We have allocated £1 million to fund both people's panels and people's juries and a further £2 million to support a national skills development programme for community representatives in social inclusion partnerships and the agencies that work with them.