| Of course, the Executive is tied to the global block grant that Scotland gets. |
| The money comes as a block grant for the year and a report must be sent on how the money has been spent. |
| Republicans originally wanted to combine the two programs into a larger block grant. |
| Georgia, which has a pre-kindergarten program for all 4-year-olds, for example, would be a prime candidate for a block grant. |
| This block grant generally makes up about a fifth of the overall local authority budgets and the rest must be raised through commercial rates and local service charges. |
| Money will now be paid directly to the Environment Agency via a block grant, rather than funding going through local authorities. |
