Written Question · S2W-01526 · Session 2
Whether it has any plans to allocate funds to the Scottish Agricultural College in order to widen access to further and higher education.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to allocate funds to the Scottish Agricultural College in order to widen access to further and higher education.
The answer
The Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department funds the provision ofeducation at the Scottish Agricultural College by a block grant-in-aid. Funds are not allocatedspecifically for widening access to further and higher education but the collegeis expected to respond to the Scottish Executive’s policies and priorities forfurther and higher education within the grant-in-aid figure.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-01526 by reference.