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Does the First Minister recognise the special circumstances and extra costs of caring for dependent older people in scattered communities such as Lochinver, Tain, Fort William and many of our islands?
I do not know whether we want to do it over four years, but I ask for guidance on how we could make progress on all the different elements of the legacy paper and whether we will have to bid for extra resources at some point. I am aware that the legacy paper says that we would have difficulty doing the extra work wit...
There will be £3.5 million in 2000-01 and £5 million in 2001-02 and 2002-03, supplemented by an extra £2 million for restorative justice projects in 2002.
We were given legitimate, professional advice and we have followed it to the letter. We have not squeezed a few extra days or squeezed money out of the budget, but have delivered exactly what was asked for, with an implementation date of 1 July.
The fund will help to address the anomaly that has previously prevented some of Scotland's most vulnerable children from benefiting from extra investment. I thank the minister for that statement and the announcement of extra resources for looked-after children.
Anecdotal evidence on winter planning from the many contacts that we have made suggests that the pressure of delayed discharges has been reduced as a result of the extra resources that the Executive allocated this winter.
The difference per year in Kintyre because of extra costs was £8,000. I ask for the First Minister's assurance that the new scheme will take those extra costs into consideration and deal with it when it is finalised.