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To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proposed Scheme of Assistance, in place of home improvement grants, will provide direct financial assistance to homeowners.
On the increased borrowing that I am talking about, I have made clear publicly that the capital acceleration programme of £300 million to £350 million that has been at our disposal over the past couple of years would assist in 2010-11.
For too long, the short-termism that has dominated how we do things—not just in politics, but in general—has meant that we have not looked at and dealt with long-term challenges that are on the horizon. The tool will assist in that.Demographic change will not just put pressure on beds in the health service.
There is no clash that I am aware of, but we should probably take the point back and write to the committee about it, if that would be of assistance. Thank you. That would be helpful.
The suspension of on-the-spot checks is adding to a backlog of inspections, creating a delay in the remainder of the inspections programme. In order to prevent that delaying payments that are due later this year, the same derogation is applied to designated direct payment schemes and the less favoured area support scheme.
The issue came up in the inquiry that this committee undertook, and it prompted us to undertake a programme of work to look into ADDs and their impacts.
For example, it has a species survey that it creates when it is thinking about maintenance of buildings and capital programmes; it has a local records centre; and it has enhanced species protection when it is thinking about planning and building standards.