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South Lanarkshire has also benefitted from TOPS programme funding of £173,910, which will I'm sure help support the council's policy of encouraging physical activity in its schools. S1W-18680
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2001
It will also seek to increase the number of researchers involved in primary care R&D activities across Scotland and enhance the accessibility of research education and training.
From an all-Scotland perspective, it will be a matter of winners and losers. If one council gets more—given that the sums that are involved are previously determined—other councils will get less.
The Scottish Parliament has a role to play, first through the Scottish ministers, who are ultimately accountable for the activities of the PIRC and their use of resources, and additionally in that the committee is able to call the PIRC to give evidence.
First, the member said that we have an opportunity to get things right, but can we ever get them right if the project is tied to the private finance initiative and a public-private partnership?