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It is a key part of our economic recovery approach and will support the work on the National Mission for Jobs by improving the capacity, capability and development of Scottish supply chains. The Programme brings together economic development and procurement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 September 2019
Local authorities have flexibility to use the ring-fenced funding for Justice Social Work of just over £100 million, which is protected in the 2019-20 budget, for bail supervision.
Support for climate change and renewables is cut. The flexibleworkforcedevelopmentfund, much prized by businesses, colleges and trade unions, is scrapped.
Given that, and given the wide flexibility—in your own words, it is flexible—is there not a risk that it almost lays open the possibility for the reverse to happen?
The Bill accordingly leaves flexibility for a model that is appropriately tailored for Scotland to be developed, rather than simply replicating what has been done in other jurisdictions.
Any new requirements need to be fully funded, otherwise they will take resources away from crucial interventions. • Mandatory reporting on scope 3 emission needs to be considered with great care. • We need alignment and not duplication of systems for monitoring, reporting and analysis.
S5W-00411 Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Government how it will develop a fair and transparent funding formula for schools to receive money from the Scottish Attainment Fund.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 August 2023