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The Executive will continue tosupport cycling through funding to local authorities and cycling organisations toassist them in delivering the facilities and infrastructure needed to encouragecycling.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 March 2006
The Order should providethe necessary vehicle to facilitate this change.Discussions have started betweenthe Scottish Executive, the Scottish Agricultural College and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) over a possibletransfer of funding from the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Departmentto the SFC.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 March 2006
Island boards, due to low population levels, receive anadditional uplift to obtain parity and Special Health Boards, who continue to bidfor capital funding, are given sufficient funds to meet planned projects.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2006
At present, there is no strong evidence that particular services or client groups are being disproportionately affected and local authorities have already shown they are free to shift funding across from other sources to support services.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 January 2006
Further to my answer to question S2W-21968 on 18 January 2006, the funding made available each financial year to each local authority for flood prevention schemes is tabulated below.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs it will reimburse to local authorities following the G8 summit and related events. Additional funding will be provided to three councils to meet the full cost of agreed additional expenditure incurred in connection with measures put in place in connection with the G8 summit.
I have recently written to the Chair of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council setting out a basket of measures which I believe will bring a new focus to widening access initiatives and will further demonstrate commitment to this agenda.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can give an assurance to patients in the NHS Highland area that current services will not be reduced in order to meet funding pressures in Argyll and Clyde.