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We believe that local authorities are best placed to determine the structure of the school year taking into consideration local circumstances which best meet the needs of their residents.
In addition, through both the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) and the Community Benefit Register, the Scottish Government is promoting the best use of community benefit funds, including the implementation of energy efficiency measures.
You and I have worked together over the years, Dr Allan, and you know that to be true. It is best to encourage local authorities to deliver in the best way that they possibly can and to have robust discussion about it.
In the benchmarking model, we need information about the best examples and we need to have enough information to be confident that they really are the best so that copying them is relevant and of value.By the way, benchmarking is not just about comparing the councils in Scotland.
Other than that, more generally we try to do the very best that we can—again, this goes back to Mr Finnie’s question—and to provide the most that we can.