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COSLA’s budget lobbying campaign, Budget SOS, highlighted pressures of at least £1bn for Local Government in 2023/24 due to inflation, rising energy costs, pay and increased demand, unless more funding is provided.
Donald Cameron: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much additional funding it has allocated to the National Records of Scotland.
Donald Cameron: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much additional funding it has allocated to the National Records of Scotland.
I can write to the member with more details, but I would point out that First Port Scotland delivers Scotland’s national social enterprise start-up incubator on behalf of the Scottish Government via the social entrepreneurs fund.
Further to the discussions earlier this week about pupil equity funding and attainment funding, it is important that, under the education recovery plan that the Government has introduced, the inequitable impact of Covid on young people across Scotland is addressed and funding is targeted to those who have been hardest hit.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 February 2021
Annexe B
Table 6: Allocation of COVID-related consequentials carried over to 2021-22
ResourceNon-domestic rates:extension of 100% relief for retail, hospitality and leisure to full year (on top of pre-existing proposal for initial 3 months)
further year of relief for newspapers
extension of relief for independent schools (on top of pre-existing proposal for initial 6 months)
£534mAnti-poverty measures£100mMental health£120mEducation catch-up£60mHealth & Social Care recovery£60mTotal Resource£874mCapital grantHousing£100mFuel poverty & energy...
Members also heard that health and wellbeing is fundamental to academic success. Many schools in Scotland have used attainment challenge funding to embed nurturing approaches, focused on health and wellbeing.