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Do you have any plans for additional settlements for local authorities in the rural and Highlands and Islands areas to meet those extra processing costs? There are two issues, one of which is the compliance cost.
We have been struggling not to have extra meetings. The last thing that we need is to lose meetings.We will no doubt be given confirmation of that decision in due course.
That estimate carries the caveat that it"should be treated with extra caution."In the light of the substantial changes to methodology and the warnings that you have given about "extra caution", is the document interpreted with suitable "extra caution" by ministers?
Additionally, by stopping at Paisley, the rail link service will provide extra travel opportunities and accessibility to the west coast areas of North and South Ayrshire and Inverclyde.
We are also seeing the positive results of the substantial extra funding that we have provided, which, it is worth remembering, is more than £113 million over four years.
In the 20 years that I have been considering this there have been five major reviews of deprivation. Hardly an extra penny has been allocated as a result of those reviews.