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Through the Energy Skills Challenge Fund which offers ‘transition training’ to up-skill those with relevant transferable skills and experience, 2 of the 9 providers this year are specifically targeting women for their courses.
Can she tell us which budget she is going to raid to fund the latest increase? Obviously, that additional increase will be met from the Government’s budget.
I welcome the Scottish Government’s consultation on permitted development rights and the intention to support the creation of a new general town centre use class, which gives town centres more flexibility to develop.
He said that the role could be part funded from revenue raised from the council tax surcharge for empty properties (which will be explored further below) and that councils who invested in Empty Homes Officers would see the money come back by re-utilising empty homes.
However, Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council have been doing work on community wealth building. They are looking at the development of action plans and are working closely with our colleagues in economic development.
As part of its overall funding announcement in January, Creative Scotland stated that other funding routes are available to organisations whose regular funding applications were unsuccessful.
First of all, on the £1.5 million of funding, if I gave the impression in my earlier answer that it all went to local authorities, that is not the case.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many college places have been (a) partly- and (b) fully-funded by the Employability Fund and how many of these have not been filled, broken down by (i) institution and (ii) level of qualification.