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I think that there was a bit of an issue, in that there are different categories of endowment funds—restricted funds and general funds—and the board needed to look at both together.
Developed in partnership with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and with the support of the third sector, the fund is an excellent example of collaborative working.
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Date answered:
29 November 2022
The Scottish Government has also provided City Region Deals funding to develop innovation development capacity across Scotland, including the Inverness Campus which will generate new commercial opportunities in the sector including for companies developing products and services to help with assisted living.
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations (a) applied for and (b) received funding from its Black History Month fund, and what was the total amount of funding allocated.
We announced in Parliament on 13 May 2015 that Skills Development Scotland would receive additional funding of £500,000 to support the final development and delivery of a modern apprenticeship equalities action plan which will include specific improvement targets to improve pa...
In addition, we continue to make available targeted ‘golden-hello’ workforce incentives in areas where access has proved more challenging; this pays out up to £37,500 for dental trainees who join the dental list in a qualifying area.
We will work with the UK Government on a four-nations solution, but if it does not ensure that the relevant support remains in place to protect jobs, we must have the funding or the fiscal flexibilities to do something similar.