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There will be expanded budgets for early learning and childcare and for colleges and higher education, and the attainment fund will include £120 million for pupil equity funding.
We said in our Strategy and Action Plan Homes Fit for the 21st Century that we would make a decisive change in the way we support new developments, using government funding to lever in the maximum possible investment from other sources.
The Scottish Government has limited fiscal levers to increase its annual funding envelope. The budget is fully allocated at the start of the financial year and if any additional funding is required for one area there must be a corresponding reduction in budget of another area to fund this.
We have committed £7 million to date to the Biodiversity Challenge Fund, and our latest budget included a further £10 million for a new Nature Restoration Fund in 2021-22.