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These funds totalled £13.39 million.Central funds to be made available for eHealth investment are to nearly double over the coming three years to more than £48 million per annum.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2003
The Compact Good Practice Guide on funding, published on 13 June, states that departments should, in terms of meeting policy objectives, consider the merits of core funding intermediary or umbrella or resource bodies.
We have said that climate change, the strategic energy review, structural funds, sea fisheries and the spirit drinks regulation would be of particular importance to us.
He says:"My officials have already begun discussions with Scottish Natural Heritage on those areas where the Rural Development Committee has felt more information was required."
However, we have struggled to keep up with the various developments. Given the time scale, the number of developments and the amount of evidence that we have received, I feel that this is an appropriate time to bring the draft report to the committee for members' comments before we begin to finalise it.
The Scottish Executive's work in supporting ministers in policy development is clearly different from local authorities' statutory duties in discharging their functions.