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Mr MacAskill may have supported the route developmentfund, but if my memory serves me correctly—I think it does—it was Lewis Macdonald who introduced the fund.
There seems to be a lack of political will to face up to what the problems are likely to be.I am familiar with the local government pension fund because one of my duties in Glasgow City Council was to sit on a committee of three that administered the Strathclyde pension fund.
The 2004 follow-up report reviews the performance of LEFs against the baseline.Overall, LEFs have streamlined business support services and have made more effective use of public funding to support local economic development.
In response to the Review of Scotland’s Cities, the Cities Growth Fund was launched to provide a stable source of infrastructure investment funding for Scotland’s six cities as the keystones of a growing economy.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many air routes subsidised under the Interim Route DevelopmentFund have encouraged more inward visits to Scotland than outward visits from Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 December 2001
Projects have been approved under the Western Scotland Objective 2 Programme (European Regional DevelopmentFund and European Social Fund), the Urban Community Initiative (ERDF and ESF), Objective 3 and Objective 4 (ESF).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 August 2001
We announced plans for a loan fund in November 1999. A small development team was established with three members of staff seconded from the Bank of Scotland and Scottish Enterprise to take work forward.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 April 2001
In collaboration with other public and private sector partners, we are also setting up a new investment fund, Social Investment Scotland, to provide development advice and loan funding for social economy organisations.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 November 2000
A breakdown of that programme will be provided in the full budget to be published early next year. The Integrated Transport Fund will be the primary funding mechanism for such assistance.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 September 1999