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The information requested is being collated and will be voluminous. It will not be available by the answer date, but I will advise the member as soon as the information is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre at Bib reference 59733.

The data collected by the Scottish Government did not differentiate between Private Finance Initiatives and Non-Profit Distributing projects until 2010-11.

The breakdowns for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are shown in table 1.

Table 1. Number of schools which were built or refurbished under Private Funding Initiatives or Non-Profit Distributing projects, 2010-11 - 2012-13.

The Centre for Regional Inclusive Growth is not supported by any seconded staff. The Centre is currently being developed by Scottish Government officials.

Since the announcement of the Strategic Board on 27 November 2017, the Strategic Board has met on three separate occasions.

13 December 2017

17 January 2018

21 March 2018

Since the announcement of the Strategic Board on 27 November 2017, it has to date incurred expenses of £4,955.94.

This can be broken down as follows:

Venue and meeting costs: £3,483.61

Members Remuneration, travel and subsistence claims: £1,472.33

Total: £4,995.94

This does not include the salary cost and expenses of Scottish Government and Agency staff. Information on these resource costs is not available.

The principal objective of the Centre for Regional Inclusive Growth is to support Regional Economic Partnerships to accelerate economic growth that will also address inequalities. The Centre aims to do this by deepening the evidence base on how inclusive growth can be driven at the regional level by local authorities, the private sector and other partners. The Centre will also examine what is working best in this area of policy and promote best practice policy and decision-making. The Centre is just one of many complementary actions the Scottish Government is taking to ensure all of Scotland’s areas and people can prosper.

The Scottish Government has not made an assessment of the discrete contribution to economic growth expected by introduction of the Centre. We have committed over £1 billion to City Region growth deals and are focused on securing deals for all of Scotland. The Centre has an important contribution to make in ensuring that this significant level of catalytic investment can work with other resources to deliver accelerated inclusive growth for all of Scotland’s communities.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-16212 on 4 May 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-16216 on 4 May 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-16216 on 4 May 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-16212 on 4 May 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx