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From April 2000, the Scottish Executive Inclusion Programme is providing an additional £19 million over two years to assist education authorities in making schools more accessible to children with special educational needs.
When the strategy is published, I am sure that you will see evidence of new thinking and positive steps forward in trying to assist the people whom you and I want to assist—those who have the greatest need in the system.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 September 2001
That is the sort of sparky, new, innovative initiative of which we want more. The return of assisted area status will help to underpin those successes, as will the objective 2 programme.
Therefore, that programme should continue.I have discussed with Glasgow City Council its continuing programme, which might dovetail with the programme for elderly people who are owner-occupiers.
The data is attributed to each UK region and nation based on the distribution of employees of a business across the UK.
Exports are classified using the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) which is a standardised way of classifying goods.
In view of the fact that 40 per cent less is being offered to the employees in Scotland than was offered to employees in Ireland, I submit that it is right and appropriate that the Parliament should be enabled to express a view.