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The idea of a credit model is to have flexibility in the provision. We recognise that the withdrawal of the flexibleworkforcedevelopmentfund had a huge impact in that area.
Those four new funds opened in May. There is a £5 million recovery fund; a £5 million service improvement fund; a £5 million local fund, which again is geared towards grass-roots organisations; and a £3 million families and children fund.
That may be alongside funding that is raised by the parent council, central funding from the education authority, or specific funding initiatives to target measures aimed at reducing the poverty-related attainment gap, such as pupil equity funding.
We also tend to have good conditions for staff. We have flexible working and flexible hours, and we invest significantly in staff development and training.
It also includes pledges to implement the next phase of the green jobs workforce academy.
Within the economy portfolio, the enterprise agencies face real terms cuts in resource funding under the RSR.