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Local Authorities had discretion to identify and support those most vulnerable and in need. Given the flexibility around this funding, the administrative cost to local authorities was expected to be minimal.
At paragraph 88: “The Committee was The Scottish Government welcomes the Committee’s support for the introduction of flexibility which supportive of the possibility of local would enable an authority to develop more than one visitor levy scheme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 January 2019
Through Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), schools and local authorities have the flexibility to develop and deliver a curriculum which best suits their local needs and circumstances, including enterprise education.
This would achieve a balance between the requirement for flexibility and parliamentary scrutiny.
Recommendations
The Committee recognises that flexibility will be required in relation to the enforcement regimes set out in paragraph 9 above.
However, more flexibility and opening the fund up to communities would use up the money very quickly, and a bit more flexibility around the rural and island housing fund would get an awful lot more projects going.
Contributors to the inquiry argued that a lack of funding and an appropriately skilled workforce are two of the main reasons why waiting times are so lengthy.
See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot Government on the detail of its recent announcement of £15.6 billion of funding for local transport projects in England’s city regions as part of the Spending Review.
Are you continuing to monitor progress with the spend on the growth deals and possibly also the levelling up funding, which is the replacement for European Union funding?