To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that, as long as the current First Minister is in office, there will be no increase in the level of the graduate endowment, other than in line with inflation as specified in the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001. The level of the graduateendowment is governed by regulation 7 of the Graduate Endowment (Scotland)Regulations 2001 which specifies that the amount will be increased only by therate of inflation for graduates in future years.