Whether it will list the institutions that failed to spend their (a) Higher Education Childcare Fund, (b) undergraduate Discretionary Fund,…

Answered Asked by Claire Baker Lab Lodged 15 Dec 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the institutions that failed to spend their (a) Higher Education Childcare Fund, (b) undergraduate Discretionary Fund, (c) postgraduate Discretionary Fund and (d) any other discretionary funding, in each of the last three years.

The answer

Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 Jan 2009 · 24 days after it was lodged, on time

Any unspent funds from the Higher Education Discretionary Funds are returned by institutions to SAAS. These funds are then redistributed on the basis of applications from institutions with pressure on their current discretionary funds.
Therefore, there were no unspent funds in 2006-07 after the redistribution process completed. The redistribution of underspend from 2007-08 will take place in January 2009. The redistribution process for underspend from academic year 2008-09 will take place in January 2010.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-18994 by reference.