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The Scottish Government has committed to expanding our Attainment Fund and investing an additional £750 million during this parliament to close the gap in educational attainment. To date the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation has been used to identify schools and local authorities with high concentrations of pupils experiencing socio-economic challenges...
Holding the election at a weekend or on a public holiday could also make a difference. It is worth noting that the UK has undertaken pilots with some of these innovations.
Evidence from other countries, such as Ireland, Belgium and Finland, shows that entire industries—banking, fintech, software development and the creative industries—will cluster where there are sufficient fibre crossings.
However, we have to take cognisance of the fact that although experts whom Mr Rowley mentioned talked about a target of 2032, the folks who are delivering on the ground—including COSLA and various companies—say that that date would not have been achievable and that 2040 is the best date.
We are keen to make sure that we have up-to-date information. Generally, we have good information for our modelling work on income tax from the survey of personal incomes, but it is not always up to date.