Written Question · S2W-26417 · Session 2
What the current status is of the First Minister's commitment to establish an environmental justice fund for Greengairs.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current status is of the First Minister's commitment to establish an environmental justice fund for Greengairs.
The answer
In Choosing Our Future,the Scottish Sustainable Development Strategy published in December 2005, the Executivenoted that complex funding streams caused problems for those seeking to promotelocal environmental regeneration projects. The Executive is reviewing the rangeof funding available with a view to simplifying the range and scope as far aspossible. The aim is to ensure that funding is directed at projects in a waythat secures the most significant outcomes for Scotland’s most deprivedcommunities. The Environmental Justice Fund is one of those covered by thisreview.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-26417 by reference.