Under the terms of the concordat between the Scottish Government and local government, resources allocatedunder the Sure Start formula through the unhypothecated Revenue Support Grant, remainto fund work around improving children’s social and emotional development, healthand ability to learn as well as strengthening families and communities. Considerationof the best ways of supporting families who are hardest to reach, including therole of Sure Start Scotland, will be examined within the Scottish Government’s EarlyYears Strategy, due to publish in summer/autumn 2008, which will review the fullrange of early years services.