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That was why I wanted to ask whether the funds will go to the health and education budgets. Will the special grant cover the extra expenditure that councils have incurred on health or education?
The Scotland Act 1998 makes specific provision, for example in section 93, to deal with matters such as the extra-territorial powers that Scottish ministers might need to exercise.
I understand from Gillian that an extra week will not make a difference to the timetable for passage of the bill, but getting the bill right is more important than finishing dead on schedule.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 October 2003
The revenue allocation for the Scottish Ambulance Service for 2000-01 included an additional £500,000 to enable it to put an extra 20 emergency ambulance staff into Glasgow.
As any income received from a charging scheme will be additional to present levels, "relevant authorities" will receive extra resources for investment in transport from the scheme.
There are three issues that involve extra costs. First, as you pointed out, extra money is provided for the services that are carried out for the national services division.